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Quotes by Turkish Authors

"Close your eyes because all the great sounds of existence can best be heard with eyes shut!"
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Mehmet Murat ildan
"Close your eyes because all the great sounds of existence can best be heard with eyes shut!"
"Flexibility is an art of creating way outs within the cul-de-sacs!"
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Mehmet Murat ildan
"Flexibility is an art of creating way outs within the cul-de-sacs!"
"Every morning is a revolution against the darkness!"
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Mehmet Murat ildan
"Every morning is a revolution against the darkness!"
"If you always read the same old ideas, what progress can you make in the name of discovering new paths?"
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Mehmet Murat ildan
"If you always read the same old ideas, what progress can you make in the name of discovering new paths?"
"Humans have better wings than birds: Human mind is a perfect wing and with this wing we can fly to some farthermost places no bird can ever dream! Yes, mind is a wing; and when it comes to flying man is the most sophisticated bird on earth!"
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Mehmet Murat ildan
"Humans have better wings than birds: Human mind is a perfect wing and with this wing we can fly to some farthermost places no bird can ever dream! Yes, mind is a wing; and when it comes to flying man is the most sophisticated bird on earth!"
"He who helps you in your worst moment well deserves to be your best hero!"
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Mehmet Murat ildan
"He who helps you in your worst moment well deserves to be your best hero!"
"The most tragic thing about the future is that it may not come into being!"
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Mehmet Murat ildan
"The most tragic thing about the future is that it may not come into being!"
"You want to do something very simple but also very fantastic? Then sit under the rain! Not long after, yourself will leave you and there will remain only the rain!"
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Mehmet Murat ildan
"You want to do something very simple but also very fantastic? Then sit under the rain! Not long after, yourself will leave you and there will remain only the rain!"
"A city man taking the picture of a donkey and behaving like he has seen an alien creature must absolutely be photographed as he is certainly more interesting than the donkey itself!"
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Mehmet Murat ildan
"A city man taking the picture of a donkey and behaving like he has seen an alien creature must absolutely be photographed as he is certainly more interesting than the donkey itself!"
"Life is foggy, always try to see what lies behind the fog!"
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Mehmet Murat ildan
"Life is foggy, always try to see what lies behind the fog!"
"Your mind is your spirit, do not seek any other hidden soul inside you! All is in the brain! The depiction of a spirit rising to the sky is no more real than a medieval Scandinavian fairytales!"
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Mehmet Murat ildan
"Your mind is your spirit, do not seek any other hidden soul inside you! All is in the brain! The depiction of a spirit rising to the sky is no more real than a medieval Scandinavian fairytales!"
"Find a secret place and be unreachable! And then, in the silence of solitude, the things you cannot reach in the crowds will meet you there!"
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Mehmet Murat ildan
"Find a secret place and be unreachable! And then, in the silence of solitude, the things you cannot reach in the crowds will meet you there!"
"A house made of ice in the middle of desert! And that house is the house of lies!"
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Mehmet Murat ildan
"A house made of ice in the middle of desert! And that house is the house of lies!"
"Leaving a place, a person or a country silently and without any notice is a heroic and a noble way of teaching the importance of your presence to those who ignore your existence!"
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Mehmet Murat ildan
"Leaving a place, a person or a country silently and without any notice is a heroic and a noble way of teaching the importance of your presence to those who ignore your existence!"
"When bored of sitting, move! When bored of moving, sit! Balance your life or there will remain neither moving nor sitting in your life but only falling!"
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Mehmet Murat ildan
"When bored of sitting, move! When bored of moving, sit! Balance your life or there will remain neither moving nor sitting in your life but only falling!"
"Wisdom is to internalise the experiences of other things, of everything! By observing the birds, you internalise the wisdom of the birds; by observing the Moon, you internalise the wisdom of the Moon! Wisdom is a process of adding the experiences of the universe to our minds!"
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Mehmet Murat ildan
"Wisdom is to internalise the experiences of other things, of everything! By observing the birds, you internalise the wisdom of the birds; by observing the Moon, you internalise the wisdom of the Moon! Wisdom is a process of adding the experiences of the universe to our minds!"
"Do the things you want to do; if you don't, the things which keep you alive inside you die and you turn into a ghost!"
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Mehmet Murat ildan
"Do the things you want to do; if you don't, the things which keep you alive inside you die and you turn into a ghost!"
"In a marshland amongst the crocodiles, there float beautiful water lilies! Even in the Hell, one can find the good and the beauty."
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Mehmet Murat ildan
"In a marshland amongst the crocodiles, there float beautiful water lilies! Even in the Hell, one can find the good and the beauty."
"A country where there is no security of life is certainly not a country but just a slaughter house!"
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Mehmet Murat ildan
"A country where there is no security of life is certainly not a country but just a slaughter house!"
"Weak hand needs strong hand till it becomes a strong hand, weak mind needs strong mind till it becomes a strong mind!"
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Mehmet Murat ildan
"Weak hand needs strong hand till it becomes a strong hand, weak mind needs strong mind till it becomes a strong mind!"
"Solitude is the rebel of the freedom."
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Mehmet Murat ildan
"Solitude is the rebel of the freedom."
"If you close your eyes, no lighthouse can help you!"
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Mehmet Murat ildan
"If you close your eyes, no lighthouse can help you!"
"Every men create some sound. Be a melody in this universe not a noise! If you become a melody, the whole universe will listen to you!"
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Mehmet Murat ildan
"Every men create some sound. Be a melody in this universe not a noise! If you become a melody, the whole universe will listen to you!"
"Spring is not a season, it is a mysterious illusionist who sets off fireworks in the depths of our soul!"
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Mehmet Murat ildan
"Spring is not a season, it is a mysterious illusionist who sets off fireworks in the depths of our soul!"
"A life without goal is a ship without rudder!"
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Mehmet Murat ildan
"A life without goal is a ship without rudder!"
"There are two lights in this universe: The light and the Reason!"
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Mehmet Murat ildan
"There are two lights in this universe: The light and the Reason!"
"Doing goodness creates shining, he who does goodness shines in the eyes and in the hearts of others!"
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Mehmet Murat ildan
"Doing goodness creates shining, he who does goodness shines in the eyes and in the hearts of others!"
"Solitude is the path to visit yourself, it is the path to yourself!"
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Mehmet Murat ildan
"Solitude is the path to visit yourself, it is the path to yourself!"
"There is only one way to win a war which has begun: To stop it immediately, that is the way!"
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Mehmet Murat ildan
"There is only one way to win a war which has begun: To stop it immediately, that is the way!"
"Life is offering you infinite paths! To get stuck in one path is nothing but shallowness! Go deep, discover other lanes!"
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Mehmet Murat ildan
"Life is offering you infinite paths! To get stuck in one path is nothing but shallowness! Go deep, discover other lanes!"
"For a great willpower, no road has length!"
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Mehmet Murat ildan
"For a great willpower, no road has length!"
"Just like sweeping the streets, sweep the unnecessary things from your mind too; keep your mind clean!"
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Mehmet Murat ildan
"Just like sweeping the streets, sweep the unnecessary things from your mind too; keep your mind clean!"
"On the Earth, you admire the Moon; on the Moon, you admire the Earth!"
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Mehmet Murat ildan
"On the Earth, you admire the Moon; on the Moon, you admire the Earth!"
"William Cowper said that God made the country, and man made the town. If it was the opposite, there would be no country; because town can be created from the country but the country cannot be created from the town!"
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Mehmet Murat ildan
"William Cowper said that God made the country, and man made the town. If it was the opposite, there would be no country; because town can be created from the country but the country cannot be created from the town!"
"The job of reflection is to add a dimension of fable to the reality!"
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Mehmet Murat ildan
"The job of reflection is to add a dimension of fable to the reality!"
"When you smile, it means that your mind smiles; when you cry, it means that your mind cries!"
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Mehmet Murat ildan
"When you smile, it means that your mind smiles; when you cry, it means that your mind cries!"
"The Moon always finds an opportunity to turn our attention from the ground beneath our feet to the sky above our head!"
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Mehmet Murat ildan
"The Moon always finds an opportunity to turn our attention from the ground beneath our feet to the sky above our head!"
"Max Lucado says that 'A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.' That is true and a man who wants to find out the truth must also do the same thing!"
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Mehmet Murat ildan
"Max Lucado says that 'A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.' That is true and a man who wants to find out the truth must also do the same thing!"
"Victory is a good wine, defeat is a good university!"
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Mehmet Murat ildan
"Victory is a good wine, defeat is a good university!"
"Man who is at the edge of a precipice has always a better chance to understand the universe than a man who is far away from that precipice!"
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Mehmet Murat ildan
"Man who is at the edge of a precipice has always a better chance to understand the universe than a man who is far away from that precipice!"
"If somebody praises you, change the topic!"
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Mehmet Murat ildan
"If somebody praises you, change the topic!"
"Art is the greatest opportunity to admire the human mind!"
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Mehmet Murat ildan
"Art is the greatest opportunity to admire the human mind!"
"There are millions reasons to live and not even a single reason to die! You must protect your life - the miracle given to you by the evolution - under all conditions!"
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Mehmet Murat ildan
"There are millions reasons to live and not even a single reason to die! You must protect your life - the miracle given to you by the evolution - under all conditions!"
"If you always look at the sky, you miss the good things on the ground; if you always look at the ground, you miss the good things in the sky!"
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Mehmet Murat ildan
"If you always look at the sky, you miss the good things on the ground; if you always look at the ground, you miss the good things in the sky!"
"If you are a sparrow, don't attack the eagle; be wise! If you are an eagle, don't attack the sparrow; be just!"
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Mehmet Murat ildan
"If you are a sparrow, don't attack the eagle; be wise! If you are an eagle, don't attack the sparrow; be just!"
"Forest is a dream where you may find yourself and dream is a forest where you may lose yourself!"
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Mehmet Murat ildan
"Forest is a dream where you may find yourself and dream is a forest where you may lose yourself!"
"The world is your real country! Replace your local mind with the universal one!"
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Mehmet Murat ildan
"The world is your real country! Replace your local mind with the universal one!"
"The best master is the one who raises many more masters and much more important than this, who creates masters even much better than himself!"
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Mehmet Murat ildan
"The best master is the one who raises many more masters and much more important than this, who creates masters even much better than himself!"
"When a nation leaves the fate of his country to an ignorant and fool person, then that nation itself will be remembered in the history as ignorant and fool nation!"
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Mehmet Murat ildan
"When a nation leaves the fate of his country to an ignorant and fool person, then that nation itself will be remembered in the history as ignorant and fool nation!"
"If your government keep making big mistakes and in return you keep supporting your government, then you are the biggest mistake for your country!"
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Mehmet Murat ildan
"If your government keep making big mistakes and in return you keep supporting your government, then you are the biggest mistake for your country!"
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