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Quotes by Turkish Authors
"Therefore, the observation must be explicitly made: In the Middle East and in the Muslim world, suspicions linger concerning the objectives of the West and notably the US."
"It is obvious that putting the Arab-Israeli dispute on a resolution track would be an important element of overcoming the confidence problem in the region."
"No mind seems more peaceful than the mind of a sleeping innocent child because life has not yet planted the seeds of sorrow in that mind!"
"Environmental pollution is not only humanity's treason to humanity but also a treason to all other living creatures on earth!"
"If you think that you are living in a stupid country, you can be sure that you are being governed by the most stupid people!"
"The purpose cannot be creating self-styled democracies, but rather encouraging steps that are conducive to establishing democratic rule at universal standards. Obviously, this would be a formidable journey."
"However, democracy cannot be defined as the existence of parliaments and elections alone."
"After all, we paid great prices because of the virtual partitioning of Iraq."
"In a democracy, when the traffic light is red for freedoms, don't ever stop, don't ever wait! Refuse the red light, ignore it, break the rules and move forward! It is always legitimate to challenge fascism for every nation in the world as long as this challenge is nonviolent! Because violence means using the same vulgar, the same evil methods of fascism! Don't behave like a dog when fighting against a dog!"
"Magic of the nights is always much impressive than the magic of the days!"
"Not only persons lose their way, but nations lose their way as well!"
"If you can remain as an atheist in a falling plane, then it means you are a real atheist!"
"The remotest place on Earth can sometimes be the most attractive place on Earth especially in times when our belief in humanity is lost!"
"It is very possible that the majority of a nation can choose darkness! Such fool nations learn the beauty of light through the unbearable and inconceivable pains!"
"Inaction is the worst action of human beings!"
"I should like to repeat what I stated recently in the Jeddah Economic Forum in Saudi Arabia: It won't be the religion, but rather the world-view of some of its followers that shall be made current."
"I take the debate on the method of promoting democracy seriously."
"By being rigid, you become temporary; by being flexible, you become permanent!"
"The whole world may call you to follow the wrong path! In such a case, tell the whole world to buzz off!"
"To see the hidden, you hide yourself too!"
"When the lost doesn't want to be found, he cannot be regarded as the lost!"
"Yes, looking through the eyes of literature we may talk about the beauty of sadness! But in the eyes of truth, sadness is just saddening; there is no beauty there, only a touching desperation!"
"Your life will be simplified when you choose inaction when no action is required and choose action when action is required!"
"If you are not happy with your life, it is most probably because you have eagle eyes to see the negative parts of your life and almost blind to the beautiful side!"
"What do you see from your window? Mostly the things you have been taught to you! And so your view is poor and so you too! To be rich, let the things which have not been taught to you reach you too!"
"A calm night is open to all the truths."
"If you are doing whatever a shepherd is ordering you to do, then you are a real sheep, a poor submissive being!"
"The luckiest generation in a country is always the one which has never went through any war in their lifetimes!"
"By just looking at a different direction than others, you may gain the vision of a genius because geniuses often do this!"
"The stupid are always in a tendency to create enemies; on the other hand the clever are always in a tendency to create friendships! Make friends with anything or anybody possible, in short, be clever!"
"Meditation is mind's vacation!"
"Like a breakfast time or lunch time, you must have a thinking time! Without eating and thinking we cannot stick to the existence; without them we cannot stay in the port of this universe!"
"Instead of politicians, let the monkeys govern the countries; at least they will steal only the bananas!"
"A good quote is a beautiful bird! Wherever you meet with it, you will start flying with it!"
"If you want to help a hungry poor man sleeping on the bench, don't ever wake him up; put the food on the bench, put some money and leave the place without looking at your back!"
"Stay behind the scene; then you will have more freedom to work, more freedom to think and more freedom to act!"
"You walk like others? You talk like others? You think like others? Then the world doesn't need you because others are already abundant in the world! Be original!"
"If you know the art of being happy with simple things, then you know the art of having maximum happiness with minimum effort!"
"A dreamlike reality always looks like a real dream!"
"Paramount is the need to secure human rights. The form of rule should be such that the citizen does not have to fear the State, but gives it direction and confidently participates in its administration."
"Just because you believe in something, you cannot expect others to respect for your belief! They may even make fun of it! All you have to do is to be peaceful at any time, with everyone! Something holy for you may be just a rubbish for others! All you have to do is to be peaceful at any time, with everyone!"
"When you sit tranquilly, you set a great example to the people who rush around in panic and thus you show the crazy waves the beauty of being a calm lake!"
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