Quotes from Mehmet Murat Ildan

A gate to nature is a gate to heaven!

A gazelle runs faster than us; cockroaches are remarkably tolerant of radiation; every being has some superiority; in remembering this, be very humble!

A God who is trying to convince people that He is a God is not a God! He is just a clown disguised as a God! No supreme power can be in need of convincing men!

A golden tomb is useful only for the thieves!

A good book for an illiterate is a golden ring for a fingerless hand!

A good book is a lighthouse; a wise man is a lighthouse; conscience is a lighthouse; compassion is a lighthouse; science is a lighthouse! They all show us the true path! Keep them in your life to remain safe in the rocky and dark waters of life!

A good heart is a beautiful home where you can always find peace!

A good library at home is a giant empire inside the house.

A good man can never be the enemy of someone; if he did, he ain't a good man!

A good musician should say: We can live without air but not without music!

A good quotation is a very strong wind; it can change a man's direction!

A good quote is a beautiful inspirational spring branch in the reader's mind; it is a powerful propulsive force too, just like a wind! All men need winds!

A good teacher always refuses to have disciples! Let everyone goes his own way, in his own path instead of following others! If the direction is correct, there will be a meeting in the same place!

A good writer must be like the birds of a dark forest; you can't see them, but you can hear their mysterious and wise voices!

A government which is not liked by the artists is certainly a bad government, because artist sees very well what is behind the masks!

A great idea can change the world; but to change the universe, men need even much greater ideas!

A hand with a sword is a dirty hand; a man with a gun is a coward man.

A horrible night might be hidden in a beautiful morning!

A house without security cannot be a home!

A Japanese proverb says fall seven times, stand up eight. We can also say this: Hate zero times, love infinitely!

A journey to the unknown shores needs a port, a ship, a wind; but more important than all of them: Courage; courage to leave the known for the unknown!

A Latin phrase says: De mortuis nil nisi bonum, Speak no ill of the dead. But it is better to say this way: Speak the truth of the living and speak the truth of the dead!

A leader whose speech is prepared by others is not a leader; he is just an empty and stupid bottle! Use your own ideas and your own brain; write your own speech, just like Gandhi, Churchill or Nehru! That is indeed a good ethics and a good honour!

A leader without a vision is just a letter without a stamp; it can never reach his destination.