“A person needs a little madness, or else they never dare cut the rope and be free.”

— Nikos Kazantzakis, book Zorba the Greek

As quoted in Wisdom for the Soul : Five Millennia of Prescriptions for Spiritual Healing (2006) by Larry Chang, p. 412
Variant: You have everything but one thing: madness. A man needs a little madness or else - he never dares cut the rope and be free.
Source: Zorba the Greek

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Greek writer 1883–1957

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