Nikos Kazantzakis Quotes

I hope for nothing. I fear nothing. I am free. inscription on Kazantakis's tomb in Heraklion, Greece

Yes, you must have the courage of being free.

Dare to be Free.

The future belongs to freedom, not to fear.

The desire to be a free person is very worthwhile. To be free means you are no longer the victim of fear, anger, craving, or suspicion.

You'll be free or die!

The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moment you reject all help are you freed.

If you're not brave, you're not going to be free.

No more fear. No more begging and pleading.

I'll tell you what freedom is to me: no fear. I mean really, no fear!

We shouldn't be fearful of freedom, we shouldn't be fearful of individual liberty.

Did you tell freedom hello for me?

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 .

Once you've tasted freedom, it stays in your heart and no one can take it. Then, you can be more powerful than a whole country.

Liberty may be an uncomfortable blessing unless you know what to do with it. That is why so many freed slaves returned to their masters, why so many emancipated women are only too glad to give up the racket and settle down. For between announcing that you will live your own life, and the living of it lie the real difficulties of any awakening.

As soon as people become a little less fearful, they will also begin demanding more freedom.

Fear wins or Freedom wins, and I choose Freedom.

This man is freed from servile bands, Of hope to rise, or fear to fall; Lord of himself, though not of lands, And leaving nothing, yet hath all.

He who is brave is free.

Fear clogs; faith liberates.

Running away will never make you free.

Even with protection, even with death threats, I can publish, I can travel and I can live the life that I want and not the one my parents want or some imam somewhere thinks I should live.

The approach of liberty makes even an old man brave.

You have freedom when you're easy in your harness.

I had always been a free spirit and always gotten what I wanted.