Some people may regard my views well and show respect to me, and I hope they have not deceived themselves in doing so. Some people think that I am a leader of a movement.
Fethullah GulenI cannot accept concepts such as Gรผlenism or Gรผlenist. I was only a writer and an official preacher among people. I can have no direct influence on any person or activity. It is inconceivable that I can exert pressure on anybody.
Fethullah GulenLove is one of the most subtle blessings that the All-Merciful One has bestowed upon humanity.
Fethullah GulenPolitics can be a factor neither in shaping Islam nor directing Muslims' acts and attitudes in Islam's name.
Fethullah GulenSome [people] think that there is a central organization responsible for all the institutions they wrongly think affiliated with me. They ignore the zeal of many to serve humanity and to gain God's good pleasure in doing so. They ignore people's generosity. Such misunderstandings may lead others to have suspicions about the financial resources of the schools.
Fethullah Gulen