Asketike
"Na pethaineis kathe mera.Na genniesai kathe mera.N' arniesai o,ti ekheis kathe mera.E anotate arete den einai nasai eleutheros para na makhesai gia ten eleutheria."To kalokairi tou 1922 ste Bienne, o Kazantzakes xekina te sunthese tes Asketikes. To ergo teleionei sto Berolino peri tis arkhes tou 1923. Ste morphe aute demosieuetai sto periodiko Anagennese tou Dem. Glenou. To 1928, o suggrapheas epexergazetai ek neou to keimeno kai prosthetei ena teleutaio kephalaio me titlo "Sige".Akolouthesan ki alles epexergasies mekhri to 1944, opote graphei ston Prebelake oti te theorei pleon oristika diorthomene. To ergo prokalese arketes arnetikes antidraseis kai zetetheke e dioxe tou Kazantzake gia atheismo. E dike oristeke gia tis 10 Iouniou 1930, alla den egine pote."Den elpizo tipota, de phobouuai tipota, eiuai leuteros."