“God, what is all this talk put out by the popes? Paradise is here, my good man. God, give me no other paradise!”— Nikos Kazantzakis, Freedom and Death, 1956, Ch. 3Share
“All that is required to feel that here and now is happiness is a simple, frugal heart.”— Nikos KazantzakisShare
“I said to the almond tree: "Speak to me of God." And the almond tree blossomed.”— Nikos KazantzakisShare
“It is unlikely that the good of a snail should reside in its shell: so is it likely that the good of a man should?”— EpictetusShare
“In theory there is nothing to hinder our following what we are taught; but in life there are many things to draw us aside.”— EpictetusShare
“If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches, and poor men's cottages princes' palaces.”— William ShakespeareShare
“That which makes the man no worse than he was makes his life no worse: it has no power to harm, without or within.”— Marcus AureliusShare
“Always take the short cut; and that is the rational one. Therefore say and do everything according to soundest reason.”— Marcus AureliusShare
