“If you love me, be patient. Look at the trees. Are they in a hurry to ripen their fruit?”

— Nikos Kazantzakis, The Last Temptation of Christ, 1955, tr. Peter A. Bien, Ch. 17

About Nikos Kazantzakis

1883 – 1957

Greek writer, author of "Zorba the Greek".

“All that is required to feel that here and now is happiness is a simple, frugal heart.”

“God, what is all this talk put out by the popes? Paradise is here, my good man. God, give me no other paradise!”

“I said to the almond tree: "Speak to me of God." And the almond tree blossomed.”

“Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, and therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.”

“If music be the food of love, play on.”

“Love the little trade which thou hast learned, and be content therewith.”

“Not to display anger or other emotions. To be free of passion and yet full of love.”

“I call upon you, young men, to obey your heart, and be the nobility of this land.”

“Give all to love; obey thy heart.”