Mehmet Murat Ildan Quotes

Flowers are almost perfect; their only flaw is that they are weak; they can't protect themselves against the evil!

Ideas can be killed only by other ideas!

Observe the life like a wise tree by the side of a calm lake! Do not move; just sit and observe! Observe the Sun, observe the storms; observe the wisdom, observe the stupidities!

Man must be able to think freely and he must be able to express his thoughts freely! He who is against this is not only fascist and primitive but at the same time is a very great coward also! Only the brave and the honourable men are never afraid of freedom of thought and freedom of expression of ideas! Just like the cockroaches do not like the light, evil minds also do not like the freedom of thoughts!

When the time came to move forward, don't even think about to look at back for even a second!

Sick minds like to prohibit; healthy minds like to free!

In a simple and a peaceful cottage with a beautiful view, you will not be dreaming about the palaces or the heaven, because you already have a perfect thing!

Boat is nothing without water and man without his dreams!

The best kiss in nature is not between Romeo and Juliet, but it is between a dying autumn leaf and a shiny water drop!

I can never be an atheist, because God is our celestial hope for our existential worries, our cosmic chance against absurdity!" MMI

Dwarfs can make revolutions easier than giants, because theirs will be unexpected!

Bad is always afraid of good and that is the reason why bad tries to eliminate good!

While wishing a beautiful snowing for the streets of your city, do not forget also to wish a warm house for the homeless!

Considering the size of the universe, we might conclude that God likes to exaggerate!

When everbody worships all sort of religious lies and illogical myths, dare to be there, in the land of reason!

If you think or fear too much, you can't get far!

In deep waters, you encounter only the wise and the brave; in shallow waters, the ignorant and the coward!

The best thing about a horrible city is that it makes you to understand the beauty of the pastoral life! The bad crystallizes the value of the good.

High intelligence is to think the unthinkable; genius is to realize the very unexpected one.

When you are grateful to the rain, do not forget also the clouds! When appreciating something, be fair enough also to appreciate the sources that created it!

As long as your curiosity is greater than your fear, you will move forward!

Even in a remote monastery, you may still be remote from the truth! To find the truth, all you need is a sound way of thinking.

When the water is calm, take as much distance as possible with your boat!

If a frog becomes a king, he will make the whole kingdom muddy!

Laws are man-made! They can be faulty, they can be childish, they can be ridiculous, they can be silly and they can even be utterly devilish! Anything man made is open to all the possibilities except perfection!

When somebody criticise you, be happy and thankful because they have given you an opportunity to think about the matter more precisely and more detailed!

City is a madhouse! Don't stay there too much or you get mad! Go to the nature, to the Temple of the Clever!

Do not let the fame come near to you! Protect your freedom! Fame must be avoided so as to breathe freely! Stay in the shadow to work comfortably! Away from the crowds, in the heart of calmness, there is wonderful peace of mind that no fame can ever give you!

He who loves a dictator is much more dangerous than the dictator himself.

Blessed are the ones who have enemies, for they have a vital reason to be better in every way.

Winter is dead; spring is crazy; summer is cheerful and autumn is wise!

On the road to wisdom, behave like a raven and observe everything carefully!

All governments like the ignorant, because their existence depends on them! If the society becomes wise, governments cannot survive, at least the bad ones cannot!

Every rabbit-nation will find its tyrant! Oppressors are the destiny of coward and submissive nations!

For mankind, universe is a battle arena against universe; there is no room for crying!

In matters of goodness, never expect any compliment or appreciation; just do your goodness and disappear!

If you have live in the mud for a while, you must not resist being a frog for a while!

I would not be too surprised to see a flying horse; I would consider it as a gift of the evolution; but I would be very surprised if it had horseshoe sounds!

I hope one day God will reveal all the truths to people that He has never sent any Holy Book, nor did He create anything but chaos!

Time will come; we will plant trees to other planets! I see the orange trees and the cherries in the far lands beyond the earth.

Forest is the best port of the wise man!

Here is a good reply of a clever horse to the man who tries to ride and control it: Throwing him into the air!

Falling in love is like submerging beneath the ocean with a submarine; you leave the outside world and wander in the silence of dimness.

Visit the graveyards sometimes and read the headstone epitaphs! There is much to learn from the dark face of the life!

Lose some valuable things in very different places and wait for a while! If they come back to you, it means that you are living in an honest society and in a very rare one too!

Search for the secret stairs of the wise men; when you find them, lose no time to start ascending!

It is always a great honour to mention a truth which has not become widespread yet. One of these truths is that man has no soul; he has only 'body' and 'mind'. Man's unshakable belief on the soul will not change this scientific truth! No belief can be higher than the scientific truths! Man can be born, can walk and work and can think without owning a mysterious and an immaterial soul! The soullessness of the man is a great tragedy both for the man and for the religion. But Man, contrary to the religion, will come out with triumph from this tragedy.

Death is an endless retirement with a pension of nothingness.