I judge the people and the nations by their ideals; the higher the ideals, the better the person, the greater the nation.
Mehmet Murat IldanWhichever point you reach in the future, that will be a miracle! If you reach tomorrow, that will be a miracle! If you reach next week or next year, that will be a miracle! Your every arrival to a point in the future time is a great victory!
Mehmet Murat IldanMan is a marble piece; unlike Michelangelo's masterpieces, man is unconsciously carved and imperfectly shaped by the nature
Mehmet Murat IldanAutumn is an honest month; it does not delude man like spring does! It shows him the dark face of life, the tragedy, the rot, the separation, the sadness!
Mehmet Murat IldanIf everything is going very well in your life, don't change any parameters; don't even think about it!
Mehmet Murat IldanSometimes in life it is most wise to behave like a bridge: Don't judge the person who comes to you; let him come and pass! Behave like a bridge!
Mehmet Murat IldanIf you are stuck only at your culture, you will miss thousands of good things in other cultures; and more importantly, you will miss many truths!
Mehmet Murat IldanWhatever their ideas or ideologies or religions are, always get along well with people!
Mehmet Murat IldanIf you feel stronger and good when the weather is sunny and weaker and bad when the weather is cloudy, then it means your willpower is not powerful yet!
Mehmet Murat IldanMusic is an extraordinary locksmith; it is so competent that it can open our soul's door even with closed eyes!
Mehmet Murat IldanOn the road to your target, move cleverly and silently; when you reached your target, be humble and silent!
Mehmet Murat IldanNot every ant which stays under the elephant's foot dies; the most powerful cannot always kill the weakest!
Mehmet Murat IldanThe inauspiciousness of the owl is nothing but the inauspiciousness of the man who thinks that owl is inauspicious!
Mehmet Murat IldanOnly the hardest roads make us really feel that we are alive! Leave the easy roads!
Mehmet Murat IldanSomething reduces the speed of the world and that something is stupidity! Stupidity is a boring friction
Mehmet Murat IldanWhen you walk alone, when everybody is against you, if you are sure with your ideas, walk strongly and proudly as if there is an army of angels by your side!
Mehmet Murat IldanGenius is both the sail and the wind; that's why he continues his journey without stopping!
Mehmet Murat IldanYesterday, we needed justice; today, we need justice; tomorrow, we will need justice! Justice is our eternal need!
Mehmet Murat IldanIf you don't trust either the captain or the ship, there remains only one thing for safety: Trusting the storm!
Mehmet Murat IldanGive your freedom to someone or to something and then look at yourself what have you got? I tell you, you've got nothing left!
Mehmet Murat IldanWherever there is an ignorant mass, you will see a flag of an ignorant leader fluctuating with glory!
Mehmet Murat IldanYou can always meet stupid people in your life journey; you should treat them like the way candle treats darkness: Illuminate them!
Mehmet Murat IldanAnimals like crows, owls or black cats are not ominous at all; it is the men's superstitious mind which is the inauspicious one!
Mehmet Murat IldanThe greatest tragedy for a good quotation is to be anonymous; and for the bad one, is to be known and famous!
Mehmet Murat IldanFor mankind, science is the only real candle in this dark universe; all other candles are fake! Science is our only real hope; all other hopes are fake! Remember this!
Mehmet Murat IldanWe love our country, not because it is perfect in everything, but it manages to touch our heart despite all its imperfections in everything!
Mehmet Murat IldanDo not be proud just because you have brute force, because an animal has brute force too! Either you be proud with your intellect and with your thoughts or be silent and sit down!
Mehmet Murat IldanLike drinking a cup of tea, all the simple things in life are the real things that make us happy!
Mehmet Murat IldanWhen the autumn meets the tranquillity, there you can see the King of the Sceneries!
Mehmet Murat IldanMaster Michelangelo once said that 'I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.' This is what we must do when we see an ignorant man: To set him free from the black marble we call ignorance!
Mehmet Murat IldanA bench in the street can be a good writer because all kind of material comes onto it like a heavy rain!
Mehmet Murat IldanIn the winter you may want the summer; in the summer, you may want the autumn; in the autumn, you may want the winter; but only in the spring you dream and want no other season but the spring!
Mehmet Murat IldanEven the poorest street is rich with people on it and even the richest street is poor without people on it!
Mehmet Murat IldanReligion does not belong to God; it belongs to the human reaction against mortality!
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