Mehmet Murat Ildan Quotes

Seek truth! Seek truth in the darkness, under the oceans, above the clouds; seek it everywhere and every time! Stop deceiving yourself with the untruth, seek the truth!

If you can bow in front of the justice at the height of your power, it means that you are really a just person!

Seek not a lighthouse greater than the human mind! Believe not the existence of an emotion nobler than the compassion!

Between the truth and the faith, we must always choose the first one.

I do not know whether this universe has an emperor; all I know is that this empire is in chaos; universal order is a big delusion.

A good man can never be the enemy of someone; if he did, he ain't a good man!

Stop reading the news for a week; you will see that the world will turn from red to blue!

What is better than a peaceful man? What is worse than an aggressive man?

The universe does not have a purpose, but we do have! Our purpose is to re-shape this purposeless universe in a way that it will not be able to kill us!

When everything around you is crazy, it is ingenious to stay calm.

The good may lose; the bad may win! Remember this! Because knowing this increases the chance of the good to win!

Wars can destroy everything but hope!

Unless man anchors the real love, man will always drift in the middle of nowhere!

Religion is a bell jar; you cannot find God in that jar, because it is your bell jar, you have created it! Break the glass prison and get fresh air, elevate your intelligence! Wake up and open your eyes; see the truth beyond your prison! If you can't break the glass, don't worry; science will do it for you!

Ask the river, where it comes from? You will get no answer. Ask the river, where is it going? You will get no answer, because the river lives inside this very moment; neither in the past nor in the future, in this very moment only!

If what we said cannot go beyond the century we live in, it means that we have said nothing. Let us say something for all the centuries!

Mankind has one great habit, a bad habit: To create rules on behalf of God! Unless A God appears on the sky and says 'Here are the rules,' do not take any rule serious! Remember that in this universe, there is no port that you can take refuge apart from the reason and the science!

If we lose all our sweet memories, it means we are dead even if we are alive!

We find life in art and we find art in life!

The best advice I've ever heard about anything is this: Don't exaggerate! When you work hard, when you sleep long, when you love much, when you are very sad, always remember this advice: Don't exaggerate!

Courage is to walk hand in hand with the fear!

My friends, I like them; my morals, I like them more!

There is only one real purpose of a real revolution: To move forward!

One of the most tragicomic things in life is that when a man makes an imaginary thing - such as a religion - as his own flag and carries it all his life and even dies for it! An intelligent man has only one flag: Flag of reason and science!

Man must behave like a lighthouse; he must shine day and night for the goodness of everyman.

Only the paths that lead to nowhere, merely the storms that are violent, purely the dangerous forests make man a real man!

No flower wants to be at home when it is raining outside!

Despite the boredom of the infinity, we want life not shorter than the eternity!

Whether it is sunny or rainy, make your walk to your destination!

Without spring, life would be much less pinky!

Days passing with discovery are the days of real happiness.

I have a gold bullion and a 'one additional minute for your life' in my hand; as a gift, if you choose the second one, then I say you are a wise person!

Do not complain about the length of the road! What will you do when the road finishes? Let it continue!

Midnight is another planet! When the clock strikes twelve and if you are asleep, wake up, friend, and discover the beauties of this new planet: Discover the silence; discover the tranquillity; speak to the owls, speak to the moon; greet the hedgehogs and disappear in the midst of the mists!

No competence is required to be a scarecrow!

There is one thing we must appreciate about the disasters: They are perfectly just when they do their jobs!

Without water drops, there can be no oceans; without steps, there can be no stairs; without little things, there can be no big things!

Wars are the strongest evidence for the claim that man is still a wild animal.

Weeds are luckier than flowers because they are not killed for their beauties!

It is often said that we are just a moment in time! In that case, here is the best challenge for man: To change this! To be two moments in time; three moments in time; four moments in time; to be in the whole of the time!

Be different so that people can see you clearly amongst the crowds.

You either keep your childhood innocence or you rot!

The wind likes making jokes!

Universe will be a very small place once we solve our speed problem! When that day comes, no man will talk about the greatness of the universe! All greatness comes from our smallness and from our slowness!

Golden bridge, silver bridge or diamond bridge; it doesn't matter! As long as the bridge takes you across the other side, it is a good bridge!

Pigs are dirty, but I will tell you something dirtier: Liars! Untruth always smells like rotten garbage!

Slander is the biggest occupation of a man who produces nothing but lies!

Do not try to reach the masses! If you say something good and right, masses will reach you!