Nikos Kazandzakis - The only thing I know is this: I am full of wounds and still standing on my feet.

Nie oczekuję niczego, nie obawiam się niczego. Jestem wolny.
I expect nothing. I fear nothing. I am free.

Szczęściem jest przeżyć wszystkie nieszczęścia.

The real meaning of enlightenment is to gaze with undimmed eyes on all darkness

In order to succeed we must first believe that we can.

Since we cannot change reality, let us change the eyes which see reality.

By believing passionately  in something that does not yet exist, we create it.

My soul  comes from better worlds and I have an incurable homesickness of the stars.

The only thing I know is this: I am full of wounds and still standing on my feet.

To love means to loose oneself in the beloved.

I am a weak ephemeral creature, made of mud. But I feel all the powers of universe whirling within me.

I felt once how simple and frugal a thing is happiness: a glass of wine, a roast chestnut, a wretched little brazier , the sound of  the sea.


Nikos Kazandzakis (1883- 1957) - grecki powieściopisarz, poeta, dramaturg i myśliciel, przez wielu uważny za najważniejszego greckiego pisarza i filozofa XX w. Powieści: Grek Zorba, Ostatnie kuszenie Chrystusa, Biedaczyna z Asyżu, Chrystus ukrzyżowany po raz wtóry

           

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