Nikos Kazantzakis Quotes about Heaven

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The doors of heaven and hell are adjacent and identical.

The doors of heaven and hell are adjacent and identical.

Nikos Kazantzakis

Doors, Heaven, Hell

Nikos Kazantzakis, Peter Bien (1988). “The Last Temptation of Christ”, p.280, Simon and Schuster

Once more I realized to what an extent earthly happiness is made to the measure of man. It is not a rare bird which we must pursue at one moment in heaven, at the next in our minds. Happiness is a domestic bird found in our own courtyards.

Nikos Kazantzakis

Men, Bird, Heaven

Nikos Kazantzakis (2012). “Report to Greco”, p.253, Simon and Schuster

I say one thing, you write another, and those who read you understand still something else! I say: cross, death, kingdom of heaven, God...and what do you understand? Each of you attaches his own suffering, interests and desires to each of these sacred words, and my words disappear, my soul is lost. I can't stand it any longer!

Nikos Kazantzakis

Writing, Heaven, Soul

Nikos Kazantzakis, Peter Bien (1988). “The Last Temptation of Christ”, p.415, Simon and Schuster