Saturday, November 25, 2017

Quote of the Day (‘Zorba the Greek,’ on True Happiness)



"This is true happiness: to have no ambition and to work like a horse as if you had every ambition. To live far from men, not to need them and yet to love them. To have the stars above, the land to your left and the sea to your right and to realize of a sudden that in your heart, life has accomplished its final miracle: it has become a fairy tale.” ―Greek man of letters Nikos Kazantzakis (1883-1957), Zorba the Greek (1946)

The image accompanying this post comes from the 1964 adaptation of the Kazantzakis novel, starring Anthony Quinn—pictured here—in the title role.

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