Nikos Kazantzakis said this quote

“ To think things out properly and fairly, a fellow's got to be calm and old and toothless: When you're an old gaffer with no teeth, it's easy to say: 'Damn it, boys, you mustn't bite!' But, when you've got all thirty-two teeth... ”

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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

Nikos Kazantzakis Happiness Life Sea

You can knock on a deaf man's door forever.

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Nikos Kazantzakis Humor

If a woman sleeps alone it puts a shame on all men. God has a very big heart, but there is one sin He will not forgive. If a woman calls a man to her bed and he will not go.

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Nikos Kazantzakis Alone Bed God Man Shame Sin Sleep Woman

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.

~ Nikos Kazantzakis

Nikos Kazantzakis Bird Happiness