"All those who actually live the mysteries of life haven't the time to write, and all those who have the time don't live them! D'you see?"
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"There is only one sin god will not forgive Boss, and that is to deny a woman who is in wanting ~ Zorba"
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"I felt this was my duty, my sole duty: to reconcile the irreconcilables, to draw the thick ancestral darkness out of my loins and transform it, to the best of my ability, into light."
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"It doesn't matter whether or not you have a head, you must wear the right sort of hat"
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"Ah, if you could dance all that you've just said, then I'd understand."
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"The ultimate, most holy form of theory is action."
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"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."
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"Beauty always had a purpose: to be of service to life."
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"We're going to start with small, easy things; then, little by little we shall try our hand at the big things. And after that, after we finish the big things, we shall undertake the impossible."
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"I said only one word, brought only one message: Love. Love - nothing else."
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"The sole way to save oneself is to save others. Or to struggle to save others -even that is sufficient."
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"Every word is an adamantine shell which encloses a great explosive force. To discover its meaning you must let it burst inside you like a bomb and in this way liberate the soul which it imprisons."
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"Only after I've seen the visible can I imagine what the invisible is."
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"You gave me your curse, holy Fathers. I give you a blessing: May you be as moral and religious as I am."
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"Inexperience loves to preach."
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"Every man has his folly, but the greatest folly of all … is not to have one."
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"A woman's body is a dark and monstrous mystery; between her supple thighs a heavy whirlpool swirls, two rivers crash, and woe to him who slips and falls!"
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"Whoever climbed the Lord's mountain had to possess clean hands and an innocent heart; otherwise the Summit would kill him. Today the doorway is deserted. Soiled hands and sinful hearts are able to pass by without fear, for the Summit kills no longer."
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"I possess no weapon but love. With that I have come to do battle. Help me!"
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"I know now: I do not hope for anything. I do not fear anything, I have freed myself from both the mind and the heart, I have mounted much higher, I am free ."
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