"Everything in the world has a hidden meaning... Men, animals, trees, stars, they are all hieroglyphics. When you see them you do not understand them. You think they are really men, animals, trees, stars. It is only years later that you understand." — Nikos Kazantzakis, Greek writer, born 1883
"If a woman sleeps alone it puts a shame on all men. God has a very big heart, but there is one sin He will not forgive. If a woman calls a man to her bed and he will not go." — Nikos Kazantzakis, Greek writer, born 1883
"The real meaning of enlightenment is to gaze with undimmed eyes on all darkness." — Nikos Kazantzakis, Greek writer, born 1883
"Ah, if you could dance all that you've just said, then I'd understand." — Nikos Kazantzakis, Greek writer, born 1883
"My principle anguish and the source of all my joys and sorrows from my youth onward has been the incessant, merciless battle between the spirit and the flesh." — Nikos Kazantzakis, Greek writer, born 1883
"If one completes the journey to one’s own heart, one will find oneself in the heart of everyone else." — Thomas Keating, Trappist monk, born 1923
"Charlie Chaplin and I would have a friendly contest: Who could do the feature film with the least subtitles?" — Buster Keaton, American actor, born 1895
"If beauty is in the eye of the beholder are mirrors a waste of time?" — Diane Keaton, American actress, born 1946
"The exhausting effort to control time by altering the effects of age doesn't bring happiness." — Diane Keaton, American actress, born 1946
"Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter." — John Keats, English Romantic poet, born 1795
"The ability to feel is indivisible. Repress awareness of any one feeling and all feelings are dulled... The same nerve endings are required for weeping and dancing, fear and ecstasy." — Sam Keen, American author, born 1931
"Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light." — Helen Keller, American deaf-blind activist, born 1880
"I thank God for my handicaps, for through them, I have found myself, my work and my God." — Helen Keller, American deaf-blind author, born 1880
"By laughing at me, the audience really laughs at themselves, and realizing they have done this gives them sort of a spiritual second wind for going back into the battles of life." — Emmett Kelly, American clown, born 1898