“We do not consider our principles as dogmas contained in books that are said to come from heaven. We derive our inspiration, not from heaven, or from an unseen world, but directly from life.”

My people are going to learn the principles of democracy, the dictates of truth and the teachings of science. Superstition must go.

Those who are inclined to compromise never make a revolution.

Victory is for those who can say “Victory is mine”. Success is for those who can begin saying “I will succeed” and say “I have succeeded” in the end.

If a society does not wage a common struggle to attain a common goal with its women and men, scientifically there is no way for it to become civilized or developed.

Nations which don’t find their national identities will be preyed upon by other nations.

Men, I am not ordering you to attack. I am ordering you to die. In the time that it takes us to die, other forces and commanders can come and take our place.

Our true mentor in life is science.

Peace at home is peace in the country. Peace in the country is peace in the world.

This nation has never lived without independence. We cannot and shall not live without it. Either independence or death.

Unless a nation’s life faces peril, war is murder.

The future is in the skies.

A youth with wings are the assurance of our nation’s future. We must start to work right away and make progress so that; if one day Westerners leave their footprints on the moon, we shall place a Turkish one among those.

A nation which makes the final sacrifice for life and freedom does not get beaten.

Concepts of well-being for countries, for peoples and for individuals are changing. In such a world, to argue for rules that never change would be to deny the reality found in scientific knowledge and reasoned judgment.

In order to stave off covetouness, greed, and spite, citizens world over must be educated.

Science is the only true guide in life.

In fact, Jesus is mentioned 75 times in the Koran.

I don’t go by the rule book. I lead from the heart, not the head.

Don’t worry about what you do not understand… Worry about what you do understand in the Bible, but do not live by.

We can grow so accustomed to being spoon-fed the Word of God that we sometimes forget how to examine the Scriptures for ourselves.

I can’t read fiction without visualizing every scene. The result is it becomes a series of pictures rather than a book.

The more you read the Bible; and the more you meditate on it, the more you will be astonished with it.

To know yourself you need not go to any book, to any priest, to any psychologist. The whole treasure is within yourself.

Books are infinite in number and time is short. The secret of knowledge is to take what is essential. Take that and try to live up to it.