“I hope nothing. I fear nothing. I am free.”

— Nikos Kazantzakis · Courage quote

I hope nothing. I fear nothing. I am free. — Nikos Kazantzakis quote card
Writer · 1883 – 1957

Nikos Kazantzakis was a Greek writer from Crete, author of Zorba the Greek and The Last Temptation of Christ. A restless traveller and seeker, he also produced a vast modern sequel to the Odyssey; his epitaph reads 'I hope nothing. I fear nothing. I am free.'

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