Quotes from Mehmet Murat Ildan

Try to exist even under hardest conditions! That is the effort which deserves the applauses most!

Try to see the world from the eyes of an old man! Old eyes are a good place to begin with for understanding the truths!

Under a cherry tree, all burdens of life fly away!

Under the beautiful moonlight, there remains no ugly reality; even muds turn into the diamonds!

Under the shadow of swords, any plan is good.

Under the storms, sun becomes a god!

Universe is a giant wave and mankind needs a giant breakwater: The science! It is the best jetty we ever have!

Universe is blind; it cannot see us; we must find a way to show ourselves to it and science is the way to open the eyes of the universe!

Universe will be a very small place once we solve our speed problem! When that day comes, no man will talk about the greatness of the universe! All greatness comes from our smallness and from our slowness!

Unless man anchors the real love, man will always drift in the middle of nowhere!

Unless you are in the middle of a storm, there is no validity in saying that you are not afraid of the storms.

Unless you have a very good reason, never wake up anybody or anything! Let the sleeper sleep in peace.

Update your truth! There is no soul; there is only mind and body! Update your truth or the truth will update you! The truth and the science are the greatest updaters!

Use the hills to get stronger!

Use the rows, otherwise you either go nowhere or you are drifted to somewhere unwanted!

Use your own reason to find the truth. And to do this, you must first get rid of the myths that your culture injected to your brain!

Very old people are the real victors of this world! And the bitterish beauty in their faces is the most valuable beauty of the earth!

Victory is a good wine; defeat is a good university!

Village is an idea; universe is an idea! If you cannot create an idea bigger than your village you live in, you remain inside your village; if we cannot create an idea greater than this universe, we remain inside this universe

Violence is the tool of the barbarian; aggression is the method of the primitive; bloodshed is the way of the savage; cruelty is the manner of the brutish! To be called as a 'civilised,' man must be peaceable!

Visit the graveyards sometimes and read the headstone epitaphs! There is much to learn from the dark face of the life!

Visit the port of goodness often; if you can, cast your anchor over there!

Wake up early; it is great to live the mornings.

Walk aimlessly in the streets; this is a good meditation! Walk aimlessly in the forests; this is a good meditation!