There are two merits that glorify a person: being courageous for a man and being virtuous for a woman. Besides these two, there is another merit that glorifies both man and woman: so much loving the homeland to an extent with being ready to sacrifice his/her life, if needed. Turks are such courageous and virtuous people. That is why you can kill a Turk but you can never defeat them.

I start out by believing the worst

I am surrounded by priests who repeat incessantly that their kingdom is not of this world, and yet they lay their hands on everything they can get.

Courage isn't having the strength to go on - it is going on when you don't have strength.

I have seen only yoU, I have admired only yoU, I desire only You

The Concordat is not the victory of any one party but the consolidation of all.

A fool is only troublesome, a pedant insupportable.