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Quotes by Philosopher

"The reason of the close concurrence between the individual's progress and that of the race appears, therefore, when we remember the dependence of each upon the other."

"The early bird gets the first worm, but the wisest bird gets the fastest one."

"The desired modernization and rationalisation of Turkey will never be realised till the day the Modern Turks of AtatA1?4rk come to power because only modern and rational minds can create a modern and a rational country!"

"We set no special value on the possession of a virtue until we percieve that it is entirely lacking in our adversary."

"One of the most distinct features of this whole human history is god flattery! People never get tired of buttering every kind of gods in the hope of getting earthly benefit or obtaining heavenly plunder! Man is no doubt a tireless flunkey!"

"There's no such thing as a good or bad person: there are just people who have each been or seem to have been good or bad to you, someone, or some people, thus far."

"The more you love yourself, the less you seek validation from others."

"The ignorant learn from none, the simple learn from some, the intelligent learn from many, but the enlightened learn from all."

"If you have the power to put a smile on one person's face, you have the power to change the world."

"An employee is sheep. His employer is the shepherd. His salary is grass."

"A rose's beautiful scent is extracted only when it is crushed."

"The soul's smile is better than the heart's grin."

"It is difficult for flowers to hide their beauty, that is why they are always picked first."

"A ruler who is loved is greater than a ruler who is feared."

"In a materialistic society, an employed boy is older than an unemployed man."

"What good is all this free-thinking, modernity, and turncoat flexibility if at some gut level you are still a Christian, a Catholic, and even a priest!"

"Light wears out the eyes but does not wear out the soul."

"We should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once."

"Poets are shameless with their experiences: they exploit them."

"Yes, human salvation will come through science, but only through the nature-respecting science!"

"A storm is an artist who passes by on her way to paint your rainbow."

"There is a certain delightful sort of hope which the introvert can receive only by having company over...the hope that they will leave soon."

"A model is an actor without a voice."

"If roses tried to be sunflowers, they would lose their beauty; and if sunflowers tried to be roses, they would lose their strength."

"The more you let yourself go the less others let you go."

"If Christians always seemed to be the most intelligent and the most righteous of men, I'd be a skeptic."

"Joy turns tears into laughter. Hope turns mourning into gladness. Wisdom turns tragedy into fortune. Faith turns defeat into triumph. Love turns enmity into friendship."

"Fear creates mountains, faith conquers mountains."

"The sky is the limit only if you have a problem with reaching for the stars."

"A day in a storm strengthens you more than a thousand in sunshine."

"What sinks the devil sails the Christian."

"You win minds through your brilliance. You win hearts through your tenderness. You win souls through your benevolence."

"Believing the phenomenon of karma is placing your destiny in the hands of the devil."

"When the sky is fully covered by the birds, you will feel the winds of pure freedom beneath this sky!"

"Time will come and riding horses will be seen by the whole society as a severe animal rights violation!"

"Because art is a scream, even when it hides itself somewhere, you will find it!"

"A paedophile is someone whose sexual attraction towards children their own age did not grow with them."

"A living fool is worth less than a dead hero."

"Behind your darkest fears lie your brightest rewards."

"When coming to making kids: Size doesn't count, it's sperm count that counts."

"Small truths have greater power than big lies."

"Do the dreams have also their own dreams? Yes they have and those dreams also have their own dreams! So when you create a dream, you create infinite number of dreams! When you dream of a beautiful house, then that beautiful house will create new dreams!"

"Inspire greatness in others and it will be easier to inspire greatness in yourself."

"The universe does not shed tears when a star falls from the sky, it gives birth to another one."

"Marriage is a full time job, a good one comes with full benefits."

"You don't scale a mountain with your mouth, but with your feet."

"As we all know, as if forever exploiting or attempting to exploit each other were not enough, a group of sane human beings who have just reached the end of a war against a common enemy of theirs will sooner or later start or continue killing and/or fighting against each other."

"A stone thrown up into the air is bound to fall down, and absolute power is like a huge stone thrown up into the air."

"Bitter love is better than sweet hate."
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