Nikos Kazantzakis Quotes


I should learn to run, to wrestle, to swim, to ride horses, to row, to drive a car, to fire a rifle. I should fill my soul with flesh. I should fill my flesh with soul. In fact, I should reconcile at last within me the two internal antagonists.


Citations

Kazantzakis, Nikos. Report to Greco. Translated by Peter A. Bien, Simon and Schuster, 1965, p. 433.

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Nikos Kazantzakis
Nikos Kazantzakis
  • Born: February 18, 1883
  • Died: October 26, 1957
  • Nationality: Greek
  • Profession: Poet, Novelist, Essayist, Travel Writer, Philosopher, Playwright, Journalist, Translator

Nikos Kazantzakis was a Greek writer. Widely considered a giant of modern Greek literature, he was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in nine different years.