Μανώλης Παναγιωτάκης

“If I were fire, I would burn; if I were a woodcutter, I would strike. But I am a heart, and I love.”
― Nikos Kazantzakis, The Last Temptation of Christ

“True teachers are those who use themselves as bridges over which they invite their students to cross; then, having facilitated their crossing, joyfully collapse, encouraging them to create their
own.”
― Nikos Kazantzakis

“How simple and frugal a thing is happiness: a glass of wine, a roast chestnut, a wretched little brazier, the sound of the sea. . . . All that is required to feel that here and now is happiness is a simple, frugal heart.”
― Nikos Kazantzakis

“Once, I saw a bee drown in honey, and I understood.”
― Nikos Kazantzakis, Report to Greco