Wherever you stop, you will stay there. Don't expect the ground beneath you to move forward!
Mehmet Murat IldanAnywhere in the world, in every oppressive country, time sooner or later comes and libertarian people sing the same song: Goodbye Mr Dictator! This is a universal law, this is a universal song.
Mehmet Murat IldanWater is the most perfect traveller because when it travels it becomes the path itself!
Mehmet Murat IldanThere is an icy window before every man! Faces cannot be seen clearly! Wait for the ice to melt down!
Mehmet Murat IldanRocks do not have dreams and that's why they are condemned to stay in the same place! To move, you must have dreams!
Mehmet Murat IldanIf you open your eyes very wide and look around you carefully, you will always see a lighthouse which will lead you to the right path! Just watch around you carefully!
Mehmet Murat IldanIf you have good neighbours, you can bear living in a bad cottage; if you have bad neighbours, you can't bear living even in a good palace!
Mehmet Murat IldanPut a very clever man next to a genius, his brightness will immediately turn to dullness!
Mehmet Murat IldanIn theatre, the main objective is to make the art happy, not the audience! If you have to choose between the audience and the art, always choose the second! You must know that the audience will always pull you down; resist it and fly at the heights like an eagle!
Mehmet Murat IldanNo wise man is ever interested in stupid matters like wars! Wars are always on the agenda of only stupid man!
Mehmet Murat IldanHowever small you might be, if necessary, struggle against the mountain of evils however big it may be!
Mehmet Murat IldanHowever infinite the Universe may be, our true and practical universe is still the surroundings of the house we live in.
Mehmet Murat IldanDarkness has the ability to cover up; light has the ability to uncover! Darkness is the enemy of truth; light is the friend of truth!
Mehmet Murat IldanWherever you escape, the truth will find you! Always be prepared to meet with it!
Mehmet Murat IldanThere is always something sad about the trams, may be because they are like our lives: They appear from nothingness and disappear in the horizon of the crowds.
Mehmet Murat IldanHow long the thick dark clouds can prevent the truth from shining? The truth is an arrow that can pass through any shield!
Mehmet Murat IldanNo day is an ordinary day; all days are extraordinary, because life itself is extraordinary!
Mehmet Murat IldanOn the roads of failure, it is not uncommon to see the tears of the talented; and in the land of success, to hear the victorious screams of the incompetent!
Mehmet Murat IldanEvery time I stepped into madness of the crowds, I longed for the wisdom of the loneliness.
Mehmet Murat IldanWhen you are caught in the heavy rains of anger, open the umbrella of mind, take refuge under the roof of reason!
Mehmet Murat IldanDue to many cosmic and worldly reasons, we will surely lose our planet one day! Till that dark day comes, let us give our profound affection to our beloved earth!
Mehmet Murat IldanIf the weather is sunny, it is good; if the weather is rainy, it is good; if it is foggy, it is good; if it is stormy, it is good; if it is damn cold, it is good; if it is damn hot, it is good! With a positive attitude of mind, all becomes good!
Mehmet Murat IldanThere must be every kind of books in your library. The most beautiful gardens are those with many different flowers, with all kinds of herbs and weeds!
Mehmet Murat IldanDucks are sweet, crows are intelligent; but I prefer dolphins because they are both sweet and intelligent.
Mehmet Murat IldanThere are some masters from whom you can learn good things. Streets are one of those masters!
Mehmet Murat IldanIn every defeat, there develops a silent embryo of victory; in every failure, under the rubbles, there appears a divine key to success.
Mehmet Murat IldanWhen you say something, say it not for a specific day, not for a specific era, not for a specific country, but say it for all the days, for all the eras and for all the countries. Speak universal, and thus you don't have to speak thousands times; you speak once and you will be heard even ten thousand years later!
Mehmet Murat IldanIf you think the memories of the past too much, you will miss creating the new ones!
Mehmet Murat IldanIf you can make your name and your works very famous and at the same time can succeed in making yourself much unknown, you are definitely the most intelligent celebrity!
Mehmet Murat IldanSometimes you lose your way; you walk in the twilight of a forest; and suddenly you see an old but a beautiful house. And that old mossy house is a good quotation! It is old because it has wisdom; it is beautiful because it gives you a hope!
Mehmet Murat IldanDisasters have no mercy hours where they stop visiting the people; for them, all hours are favourite and legitimate to visit!
Mehmet Murat IldanGeneral Napoleon says that ability is of little account without opportunity. The opposite is also correct: Opportunity is of little account without ability.
Mehmet Murat IldanI have not seen any Christian sparrow or Muslim lion or Jewish elephant! Animals are lucky as they have not yet invented the religion!
Mehmet Murat IldanIn the twilight of the morning, all life silently waits for the sunrise. Sun must rise for the darkness to sink!
Mehmet Murat IldanThough the biggest fault of the big man is tolerated easily, the smallest fault of the little man is not endured at all!
Mehmet Murat IldanShepherds know many mysterious languages; they speak the language of sheep and dogs, language of stars and skies, flowers and herbs.
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