Mehmet Murat ?ldan is a visionary Turkish playwright, novelist, and thinker born in 1965 in Elaz?g, Turkey. Known for his profound philosophical insights and poetic expressions, ?ldan has inspired countless readers worldwide with his sharp intellect and timeless quotes. His works often explore the beauty of nature, the complexity of human thought, and the pursuit of wisdom. Through his literary voice, he encourages courage, imagination, and positive thinking, leaving a powerful legacy for both current and future generations.
"Storm destroys, man also destroys, so man is a storm too! But contrary to storm, man can learn no to destroy!"
"Far places and difficult things do not gently invite people to come to themselves, but they so to say pull people forcefully to themselves with some kind of mystical magnets!"
"The Self-confidence of the ignorant is one of the biggest disasters of the humanity!"
"The goodnesses you do will beautifully cover you like the beautiful flowers covering a country house!"
"Watch the fools! Watch them carefully! Learn their paths so that you can learn how to avoid them!"
"You are whatever you shall leave behind when you leave life!"
"Sometimes you may feel that your heart is speaking and sometimes you may feel that your mind is speaking. In reality there is only one speaker: Mind!"
"By just looking at the dark side of life, you cannot make it bright!"
"When everybody worships all sort of religious lies and illogical myths, dare to be there, in the land of reason!"
"No matter how developed it is, a country which does not protects its own wild life can never be called as a civilized country!"
"Darkness can always visit us; when it comes, we shall light a candle to welcome it!"
"You may live in an unknown small village, but if you have big ideas, the world will come and find you!"
"Do you want to give a special gift in the New Year to someone you love? Then let him or her realize this: We are the main shepherd of our fate, we are the main designer of our destiny!"
"When the unexpected meets with the unprepared, over there we find the greatest astonishments!"
"Our photographs are our best proof to others that we lived the things we lived in the past!"
"If your mind is loaded with many burdens, you will not feel yourself empty even in an empty place!"
"Spend your time with the people who talk about the stars because to whichever place you put your mind in, you will move to that place! Stars pull you to the stars; mud pulls you to the mud!"
"Every lesson you take from your past immediately turns into a stairs to the light!"
"Remember that existence comes before the happiness and thus to exist is more important than to be happy!"
"We have invented the literature because the reality wasn't imaginative enough and we also wanted to be alone, at least for a while!"
"If a fish feels sad when a fisherman's boat is sinking, and that fish owns a priceless treasure: The compassion! Have compassion, even for your enemies!"
"Your belief is mostly your prison! To discover the world outside your prison, you must first realize the walls surrounding you! Otherwise you shall continue being stuck in the prison of childish tales and fallacious illusions!"
"A great idea can change the world; but to change the universe, men need even much greater ideas!"
"Any religion which uses the words such as hell, fire, curse, burning, amputating can never be a religion of love because a religion of love must only use the language of love, must only use only the sweet words of affection, not the words of darkness and torture!"
"An ant can't make a revolution, but a monkey can do; because it owns a fist! No real revolution is ever possible without fist."
"By respecting the trees, you prove that you are a person who deserves to be respected!"