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Quotes by Turkish Authors
"If not prevented, desertification of the world can one day make the camels as the best and the sole cars of our civilisation!"
"Superficial cannot discover the deep, because both live in different levels and likewise the deep cannot meet the deepest! Change your level to reach at different levels!"
"A predetermined destiny does not exist; when a man is born, his life is open to all the possibilities; in other words, potentially, man has infinitely different destinies! All destinies are his probable destiny!"
"Dogs are happy with few things because they have already observed man who is unhappy with many things!"
"The road to Hell is always shiny and alluring."
"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."
"By just looking at a different direction than others, you may gain the vision of a genius because geniuses often do this!"
"The unhappy people of the known paths must certainly try the unknown paths in their search of happiness!"
"Man is a marble piece; unlike Michelangelo's masterpieces, man is unconsciously carved and imperfectly shaped by the nature!"
"If we had known everything in this universe, we would have had to find another universe to feed our curiosity, because what keeps alive man is the curiosity!"
"The emerald life of shepherds always reminds us the romantic and humble life we have lost due to living in the cities!"
"The fate of the world depends on the triumph of the good people!"
"If a man can say 'My life is more important than my country,' that man has succeeded in freeing himself from the chains of society!"
"To give light to others, you must first take light from others!"
"There is no honour in exploiting people and there is also no honour in exploiting animals! Using people or using animals for our own interests is nothing but an arrogant immorality!"
"You can always challenge a big storm with a little boat and this will only prove how unserious person you are!"
"Sometimes principles must be quitted without blinking en eye to discover the new paths!"
"Violence is the tool of the barbarian; aggression is the method of the primitive; bloodshed is the way of the savage; cruelty is the manner of the brutish! To be called as a 'civilised,' man must be peaceable!"
"Unless you accept anyone to be your boss, no man can be your boss!"
"By reading books, you lose your old self and you find your new self! To read is to travel from self to another self!"
"Talent is an art of gaining admiration!"
"Obstacles are real only for those who surrender the obstacles in their minds!"
"You want to feel that you belong to something higher, to something even beyond this universe, then go to the opera!"
"Think about the answers of the questions that have not yet been asked! When they are asked, you will have the answers ready!"
"There is no such a rule that patience leads to salvation! Patience can lead to salvation or it can lead to disaster. Every inaction or every action is open to all the possibilities!"
"If you are going down with dignity, you will be admired as if you are going up!"
"When climbing, you don't have to put your foot on every step, jump over some of them! When solving your problems, you don't have to solve each and every one, jump over some of them!"
"In action is the worst action of human beings!"
"If you want to look after your shadow, you just have to look after yourself, that will do!"
"Which gate to enter? Which path to choose? Which stairs to take? Which direction to go? These questions can be very depressive! And sometimes the solution lies in being bold, in being imprudent!"
"Photos which captures human sadness are the noblest and the most meaningful of all the photos!"
"Sometimes your mind can imprison your body and can put your body under some constraints. There is only one way for your body to be free: To free your mind!"
"When the unexpected meets with the unprepared, over there we find the greatest astonishments!"
"The beauty of shadow comes from the beauty of light!"
"He who hates easiness in life will always find a though mountain to climb!"
"In life, there are many hills and valleys to pass and you cannot avoid them! The most important thing you need is to know this: You must pass them!"
"If people notice you only when you do something very strange, then you are very lucky! You can enjoy your life without being noticed as long as you don't do anything very strange!"
"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!"
"Man is hypocrite! He says that he loves flowers but he kills them for his own simple interests and for his own joy! Man is hypocrite!"
"A writer should show the silver in his hands neither as bronze nor as gold, the gist of the matter is to show silver as silver."
"If you exist tomorrow as you do today, that is a miracle! It means that thousands of bad things which may happen did not happen and you are still alive! Existence is always a miracle in this universe of chaos!"
"Not only the dead are dead but also those who are deprived of their freedoms are also dead!"
"Learn well how to think right and then be your own shepherd, otherwise you shall be the unlucky sheep of all sorts of cunning shepherds!"
"An invitation of a beautiful street is an invitation to walk within a dream!"
"Whatever we do we are always on the way to somewhere!"
"Share your food with the needy and you shall see that your food will taste much better!"
"Petronius says that 'Mundus vult decipi - The world wants to be deceived.' That is very true, otherwise there wouldn't exist any religion!"
"Without seeing the whole picture and without knowing the whole story of a man's life, our judgements about him will most probably be wrong and unfair!"
"Your life will be colourful if you just add colours to your life! It is your own decisions that will determine to have a miserable or a marvellous life!"
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