Quotes from Mehmet Murat Ildan

Between wisdom and a good shield, always prefer the wisdom, because no shield can protect us better than wisdom!

You want to get lost? Then get lost amongst a marvellous beauty!

Can you see a serene island in the middle of a stormy ocean? And the wise man is that calm island!

The best thing you can give a person is the courage and the desire to go beyond his culture, that little limited world of his!

Art is our endless desire to turn the mortal things into the immortal things!

Art symbolizes our perfect ability in the matter of enriching the reality!

History proved many times that path of millions was often the wrong path!

Melt all the tanks in the world and make them rubbish bins. They will be much more useful for the humanity!

We are lucky because we still have a magnificent temple called nature where we can find peace of mind in it!

A candle, a book and a peaceful person mean three candles for the world!

If you are earning your money through violence, all this money is unethical, because violence and ethics cannot be together!

Don't mention me about your religion! Show me your heart! If you have the heart of an innocent child, you have the best religion, even if you are a nonbeliever!

A peaceful nature is the best doctor for an unpeaceful mind!

If the world you created on your own is stronger than the real world, then the real world disappears and you stay alone with your own created world!

What is the world's problem? The world is still believing the old childish stories! That is the problem! Grow up, world, grow up! Be a bit serious!

Rain touching our hand becomes a little bit salty! Man touching wisdom becomes a little bit wiser! More touches take more from the touched!

Why a wise man is wise? The answer is simple: Because he has left his own shore!

By disappearing in the Land of Nature, you appear in the Land of Wisdom!

Wisdom is not to be at the top of a giant pyramid and hence see everywhere clearly, but wisdom is to be at the top, at the bottom, to be inside the pyramid, it is to be everywhere!

The secret of childhood happiness is to succeed to be happy with the simplest things ever possible!

How shall a society remember its miners underground while it cannot even remember its homeless above ground?

The moment you think that your destiny is predetermined, you become a miserable loser! Trust your own power so that you can shape your own destiny!

Everything can always be better! To know this is a wit! But if you also know that everything can always be worse and that is wisdom! Wisdom is to see both the lights and the shadows!

Sometimes a strong wind blows suddenly and you leave your beloved tree without saying even goodbye, like a pale autumn leaf! This uncertainty of life makes every moment in life infinitely precious.