9 quotes
"The human soul is heavy, clumsy, held in the mud of the flesh. Its perceptions are still coarse and brutish. It can divine nothing clearly, nothing with certainty."
- Nikos Kazantzakis
Adversity
"The only thing I know is this: I am full of wounds and still standing on my feet."
- Nikos Kazantzakis
Resilience
"True teachers are those who use themselves as bridges over which they invite their students to cross; then, having facilitated their crossing, joyfully collapse, encouraging them to create their own."
- Nikos Kazantzakis
Learning
"In order to succeed, we must first believe that we can."
- Nikos Kazantzakis
Belief in Self
"In order to succeed. We must first believe that we can."
- Nikos Kazantzakis
Belief in Self
""In order to succeed, we must first believe that we can.""
- Nikos Kazantzakis
Belief in Self
"Since we cannot change reality, let us change the eyes which see reality."
- Nikos Kazantzakis
Change
"Since we can not change reality, let us change the eyes which see reality."
- Nikos Kazantzakis
Change
"I felt once more how simple and frugal a thing is happiness: a glass of wine, a roast chestnut, a wretched little brazier, the sound of the sea. Nothing else."
- Nikos Kazantzakis
Contentment