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.
"If you want people to think that you are saying something very important, then say something impenetrable!"
"To make an elderly person happy is the noblest act a young person can ever do!"
"More gates you open, more worlds you discover! More worlds you discover, more gates are opened!"
"When the wind blows, curtain steps aside; when the genius blows, the intelligent stands aside!"
"Night becomes day only when the sun appears, dark man becomes good man only when the compassion appears!"
"Where you see yourself is more important than where you actually are!"
"Mystery is a genius teacher: It forces its students to think thoroughly and to ask many questions! The path of mystery gives you much more things than the path of known!"
"A bird without wings and a man without art are both condemned to wander in low places, they can never soar up to those unrivalled heights."
"To live the extraordinary ecstasy of a good rest, all you have to do is to get very tired!"
"Loneliness opens the door for wisdom and wisdom opens all the doors!"
"He who claims to have travelled in the hard roads, let him show his shoes for the proof!"
"Look at every creature from the window of compassion with the eyes of love!"
"Soil is earth's barefoot and when we walk barefoot, two barefoot touches each other with love!"
"You will always remain lonely till the day you meet a person who can understand your mind deeply!"
"You can always borrow ideas; but unless you improve them very significantly, never behave as if they are your own!"
"The Sun has no chance to be nobody and that is the punishment for being a sun! If you can be nobody just like a humble tree in a silent forest, you can find the happiness too!"
"A ship on the port always waits for you to sail to the oceans!"
"You can always be better than your master but you can never change the fact that you were his student and he was your master! The seed must always respect for his soil!"
"In a beautiful night, under the stars, man always feels himself above the sky, beside the God!"
"A challenge to us is a great joy to us! If you see an open door, there is no challenge there and therefore there is no joy! A door must be closed so that we can obtain the joy of trying to open it!"
"Sometimes you find your way and sometimes way finds you!"
"Who can live without eating? A farmer is a great hero because he fights for our existence! If anyone deserves a medal of existence in a country, that person should be a farmer!"
"Thinking is an act of creating sunshine! The more we think, the more our way will be illuminated!"
"If you are doing whatever a shepherd is ordering you to do, then you are a real sheep, a poor submissive being!"
"On the path to truth, you can't see many people; truth's way is calm and quiet. Look around you, friend! Are there too many people on the path you walk? If there are, question your path! Get away from the crowds!"
"Any regime or any government which motivates its own people to be different than one another is a good regime, is a good government! Encourage people to think differently, to act differently, and to believe in different things, otherwise you create just a herd of animals!"
"Without living the most chaotic internal storms, you can't get the calmness of the wisdom! Wisdom is the child of the storm."
"If a leader wants his people to do something, he himself must firstly do it!"
"If lots of men around you are growing a beard just because of political or ideological reasons, you refuse this, and if you have a beard, shave it off! Leave your herd to find yourself! Find your own style, not the style your ideology or your party is dictating on you! Remember, you build a sound character mostly through refusing, through saying no, through staying different!"
"There are two groups of people: Herds and individual clever people. Because herds have numerical superiority, individual clever people remain weak in determining the right fate for the country! The solution: Disperse the herds, augment the individuals!"