Quotes from Mehmet Murat Ildan

The leaves of the trees are like the thoughts of the men: Some are bright, some dark; some fresh, some rotten; some healthy, some diseased.

The only acceptable imperialism is the Imperialism of the Forest! Let the whole world are invaded by the tree-soldiers!

Birds needs trees and mankind needs both of them! Protecting the nature and environment is not only a matter of ethics but also a matter of existence.

Nature is my temple; trees are my priests; birds, my rabbis; rains, my imams! Nature is my only true and eternal religion.

There is no place on earth or on the universe that a tree cannot turn a place into a more beautiful site!

Watering the tree that does give you neither shade nor fruit is a real ethics!

Go to a forest and kiss the stream, kiss the tree, kiss the light leaking through the trees! Give your love to those that give life to you!

Every tree is an angel!

To get fruits from the tree branches, shake them with hands; to get fruits from men, shake them with clever ideas!

To walk on the road is a journey; to sit under the tree is a journey! Everything we do is a journey to somewhere!

When we are under a tree, we are under a temple, a temple of countless goodnesses!

A single tree in the middle of nowhere means resistance and victory!

He who sees a gold bullion more valuable than a tree has surely an intelligence much less than a donkey's!

Everything which helps us to exist is holy! And a tree is holiest of the holy for us!

When you trust yourself, you will come out like a beautiful sunbeam through the dark clouds!

If you have discovered a truth, tell it first to a parrot! Every new truth needs an insistent repetition!

Man must have fires in his life: Fire of love; fire of work; fire of doing kindness... Without fires, man is just a cold rock!

Don't die for the country! Don't die for the love! Don't die for anything! Always choose life! Under every circumstance this is your real duty in life!

There is something softer than the water: The touch of the love!

In war, bullets; in love, deceptions kill us.

Since love is a magic, Valentine's Day is the day of magicians! Whoever loves creates a magic; whoever is loved, a magic is created!

Ave Dolce Vita, Rex Regum! Hail Sweet Life, King of Kings! We love you and we believe in you!

Face the truth or the truth will face you!

Repeat the truth so that the dull can grasp it! Repeat the truth with the speed of a woodpecker's beak making holes in tree trunks!