Once more I realized to what an extent earthly happiness is made to the measure of man. It is not a rare bird which we must pursue at one moment in heaven, at the next in our minds. Happiness is a domestic bird found in our own courtyards. β¨ Nikos Kazantzakis (2012). Report to Greco, p.253, Simon and Schuster
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- I hope for nothing. I fear nothing. I am free. inscription on Kazantakis's tomb in Heraklion, Greece
- Man is able, and has the duty, to reach the furthest point on the road he has chosen. Only by means of hope can we attain what is beyond hope.
- All my life one of my greatest desires has been to travel-to see and touch unknown countries, to swim in unknown seas, to circle the globe, observing new lands, seas, people, and ideas with insatiabl β¦ βΆ
- When I encounter a sunrise, a painting, a woman, or an idea that makes my heart bound like a young calf, then I know I am standing in front of happiness. β¨ Nikos Kazantzakis (2012). Report to Greco, β¦ βΆ
- I've stopped thinking all the time of what happened yesterday. And stopped asking what's going to happen tomorrow. What's happening today, this minute, is what I care about. β¨ Nikos Kazantzakis (1964 β¦ βΆ
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