Nikos Kazantzakis said this quote

“ But how can anyone put a bridle on man's vanity and arrogance? But how can Purity walk the earth without covering her feet with mud? ”

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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.

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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.

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Nikos Kazantzakis Bird Happiness