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.
"To get fruits from the tree branches, shake them with hands; to get fruits from men, shake them with clever ideas!"
"When a good change is flowing towards you, don't stand like the river stones before it!"
"No ethical person wants to be a king or a queen, because there is no ethics and honor in putting yourself in a place higher than others!"
"If you fail, let the world knows the reasons of your failure; if you win, let the world knows the secrets of your victory! This is a great way to be useful for others!"
"The journey of every ignorant and obedient society always ends up in the same place: In the desert!"
"No moment is more valuable than this moment because no moment is alive outside this moment any moment other than this moment is either dead or hasn't born yet!"
"If you are a giant mountain, you cannot escape from being famous; all that you can do is to pray for the fog to cover you up!"
"For us, a pretty bird is a pretty bird; for an insect, pretty bird is an ugly enemy!"
"To smile when you are defeated means your defeat is already defeated!"
"Everybody lives in this world, except lovers! They live in an isolated small place called 'You and I' planet!"
"If the humanity does not poison the minds of the children with all sort of religious craps, the new generations of humanity will soon create a new world order where reason and logic will be the sole guide, the sole savior!"
"Open the curtains of your mind! If there is light outside, it will come in; if there is light inside, it will go out! Keep the curtains open!"
"It is spectacular to watch an erupting volcano, but it is even much more spectacular to watch the rise of a newly exploding revolutionary idea!"
"By disappearing in the Land of Nature, you appear in the Land of Wisdom!"
"Every time you do goodness, you rise to the summit of humanity!"
"The philosophy of the rain is very simple: No obstacle is obstacle when you are strongly determined!"
"To kill for fun is the job of the psychopaths! And what is a matador, apart from being a mentally ill person?"
"A brain with many ideas is like a house with many windows! Inside is full of lights!"
"Mars will not be our new home; it will be our new hotel! Because for a new place to be our own home, we need to see the things we used to see: An autumn lake, a bird singing in the misty morning or even desert camels walking in the sunset!"
"Respect the hand stronger than your hand if and only if that hand is just and an honourable hand!"
"Watching the infinite horizons gives you infinite dreams, infinite ideas, infinite paths! Choose a great target and then you will see that great instruments will appear for you to reach that target!"
"The only soap of a dirty society is the clean men, only the clean can wash the grimy!"
"For a chic and an honorable full victory, you must make your own fight and win your own battle entirely by yourself! Try to refuse any help to get a pure victory, a victory which belongs merely to yourself!"
"A single tree in the middle of nowhere means resistance and victory!"
"All cultures have things to learn from all other cultures. Don't get stuck in your culture! Go beyond it! Get out of your aquarium; get out of your farm; get out of your castle; break your bell jar! Give chance to other cultures and to other opinions! This is the best way for you to see the insufficiencies, absurdities and stupidities in your culture!"
"You need to lose yourself and disappear in the depths of the repetitions? Find a coast and watch the repetitive waves! Soon your mind vanishes away and when your mind disappears you disappear!"
"You will find angels everywhere if you just stop looking for a supernatural being with feathered wings. When you see the sunshine through the clouds in a cold day, there the angel is! Anything good, anything useful, anything which gives you peace, they are all real angels! Look around you, you will see thousands of angels!"
"Read, so as to know; speak, so as to teach; write, so as to think!"
"Rain is nature's art; umbrella is man's art. When you walk with your umbrella in a rainy day, you walk with a super art which is a combination of two different arts!"
"If a danger threatens you, you threaten that danger too."
"Let us not compare the genius with the clever, ocean with the lake!"