Zorba the Greek Quotes
Greek novels, Existentialist novels
Top Quotes
“Live life and enjoy it!”
“The maimed don't get into Paradise.”
“I'm sorting out my own brand of folly here in Candia.”
“Wife; children; house; everything. The full catastrophe.”
“What kind of a man are you? Don't you even like dolphins!?”
“Happiness is doing your duty, and the harder the duty is the greater the happiness.”
“Action, dear inactive master, action: there is no other salvation.”
“Woman's something incomprehensible, and all the laws of state and religion have got her all wrong.”
“One day in Berlin came a telegram: FOUND A WONDERFUL GREEN STONE. COME IMMEDIATELY, ZORBA.”
“Boss, everything's simple in the world. How many times must I tell you? So don't go and complicate things!”
“Every village has its simpleton, and if one does not exist they invent one to pass the time. ”
“We travel, crossing whole countries and seas and yet we've never pushed our noses past the doorstep of our home.”
“Is it possible to talk by dancing? And yet I dare swear that's how the gods and devils must talk to one another.”
“As I watched the seagulls, I thought: "That's the road to take; find the absolute rhythm and follow it with absolute trust."”
“Death is nothing — just pff! and the candle is snuffed out. But old age is a disgrace.”
“I have realized for some time I didn't come into this world to be a horse, or an ox. Only animals live to eat.”
“The day's for working [...] Daytime is a man. The night-time's for enjoying yourself. Night is a woman. You mustn't mix them up!”
“"What's strange in that, you idiot? The truth is that man is full of worms from the day he's born, but you can't see them."”
“It is a mortal sin to violate the great laws of nature. We should not hurry, we should not be impatient, but we should confidently obey the eternal rhythm.”