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Quotes by Turkish Authors
"How shall a society remember its miners underground while it cannot even remember its homeless above ground?"
"There are people who are trying to make the world darker and there are people who are trying to make the world brighter! And how can you know who is who? Very simple: Those who let you express your ideas freely, those who let you to be different than others and those who give you every freedom to criticize anything are the ones who are trying to make the world brighter!"
"Knock the door or ring the bell but don't ever push it! Be gentle!"
"It is always a great honor to be the driver of your own car, to be the boss of your own fate!"
"In the land of genius, the sun always shines; in the land of clever, there are many clouds!"
"In life you have always the choice to leave the shadowy places and head towards the illuminated locations!"
"People often ask if one day mankind attains immortality, how he will be able to get rid of the eternal boredom problem? The answer is this: By embarking on eternal adventures!"
"Let the purity and innocence of a child be your one and only religion!"
"With the same habit of mind, even if you live thousands of lives, all will be the same! Get a different habit of mind to get a different life!"
"Whatever time is giving us, it will take everything back!"
"If a railroad is bent, the train shall turn over; if a man's character is bent, he shall turn over just like that train."
"Nature has two powers: Her own physical power and the spiritual power of her beauty!"
"How close we can approach the land of happiness with the heavy shackles on our feet of injustice permeated deeply into every corner?"
"Candle needs darkness to show its talents. Good shines only beside the bad; it disappears when the bad disappears. Where there is no darkness, candle is forgotten."
"Let your mind start your new journey firstly, let it travel on that road and then it will come back to you. After then you can start this journey both with your mind and with your body!"
"An idea can change your fate in a wonderful way but you must first let the idea to touch your mind and your heart! No closed book can ever be your hero!"
"We must be loyal to the truth, not to our words! Change your words if they are not compatible with the truth; go back on your words, throw them to the bin!"
"Are you afraid of the future? That is funny because future does not exist yet! Future is not even a shadow, because shadow exists! Let go your fear and concentrate on the present time!"
"No man is a great man if he used violence to achieve his goals!"
"Losing path is a magic! If you can enjoy with the unknown path, you shall find the exit much quicker!"
"To live is to paint, it is to create; but while we are painting, we are being painted, being created as well!"
"Create a world within the world and be happy inside it! Don't forget, you are not condemned to live the world as is!"
"Earth is a heaven but man often creates many hells within this heaven and a fascist country is one of the hottest and the most suffocating hell amongst all those hells!"
"Fight for your existence and when doing this, try to be just to others! You have no job other than this in this universe!"
"If you like the fairy tales, visit the old towns!"
"Ego is a drum and the drum has to make a noise to tell everyone that that it is there!"
"Choose the paths which are not worn out by many feet!"
"How long we live is much more important than how well we live!"
"A street full of shadows will teach you what life is much better than the street full of lights!"
"Strange things are mind-opener because when we see something strange we immediately start thinking! Anything bizarre activates your brain, anything usual makes you sleep!"
"Even the giant lead balls are not as heavy as the two sad eyes!"
"Why a wise man is wise? The answer is simple: Because he has left his own shore!"
"Human mind is the only real hope for the future of humanity! Have faith in human mind which is the only instrument who can protect you in this savage universe!"
"An ethical atheist is infinitely more valuable than an unethical pious! What matters is whether you are ethical or not, your beliefs are utterly trivial beside this matter!"
"There are two kinds of science: The black science and the white science. The science of weapon production is the black one. Working in this category of science is a great betrayal to humanity!"
"Thoughts of some special people are like the stairs, they take you up to the upstairs floors; some are like the wings, they take you up to the skies and some are like the light itself, they take you right to the stars and the beyond! And such are the thoughts of Buddha!"
"If a media is not criticizing the government, then that media is not a media but just a clown of the government!"
"Are you looking for a lighthouse? Let me give you an advice: When you improve your own mind, you become your very own lighthouse!"
"A beautiful poem is like a beautiful sky and a beautiful sky is like a beautiful poem!"
"If you are completely surrounded by the enemies, this proves that you are damn stupid in matters of making friends and such a stupidity, such a miserable clumsiness is your biggest enemy!"
"A field which feeds you, a river which gives you water are much holier than all other so-called holy places!"
"To create a just world for women, we must firstly teach men to be just!"
"Who cares what colour your hair or what shape your shape is? Who cares what religion your religion or what language your language is? What is the colour of your heart? That is all that matters!"
"You can sleep in a forest and have a nice dream. But when you wake up, you will have a much better dream: The Magnificent Reality!"
"Without mathematics, your world becomes foggy! For a clear vision, you need to be educated in the Temple of Mathematics!"
"There are paths above the paths, the paths of the birds! There are paths above the paths of the birds, the paths of the clouds! And there are paths above the paths of the clouds, the paths of the planets! When you are travelling on a path, never forget that there are higher paths, there are higher wisdoms over your head!"
"For the cowards, all doors are locked; for the daring, all doors are open!"
"Do your job well without expecting any appreciation, then you will see that all the appreciation will come onto you just like the summer rains coming onto the thirsty flowers! Just do your job well!"
"Weak needs a path to reach anywhere, strong needs only a ground to reach anywhere!"
"Heart is the only thing which cannot be stolen without consent."
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