When the water is calm, take as much distance as possible with your boat!
MEHMET MURAT ILDANThe greatest masters are the greatest apprentices as well; they are not only greatest givers but also greatest takers.
More Mehmet Murat Ildan Quotes
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Every single moment, an ignorant discovers an idea that has been known for centuries!
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We like rain if the sun comes after it; we like night if the day comes after it; we like everything conditionally! We are conditional people!
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If you love the roses, that is ordinary; if you love the weeds, that is extraordinary! Rather than being common, be extraordinary!
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You cannot disgrace a disgraceful man; you cannot make a shameless man feel ashamed; you cannot make a cockroach a cockroach, because it is already a cockroach!
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There are no ‘perfect liars’ in the world; there are only ‘perfect believers’ who believe in even the most obvious lies!
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The best thing about Valentine’s Day is that if you don’t have a lover, you badly remember to get one!
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Applauds of the ignorant majority are worthless; applauds of the wise minority are priceless! Look carefully, who are applauding you? Look carefully, who are blessing you? Mud in the ground or stars in the sky?
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Be as soft as possible, if something good and wise wants to shape you; be as hard as possible, if something bad and foolish wants to shape you!
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Silent moments are valuable! They give you a good opportunity to design new paths in your life!
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In deep waters, you encounter only the wise and the brave; in shallow waters, the ignorant and the coward!
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If tomorrow will be the end of the world, I will spend my today by looking at the pictures of my past!
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Hell is a hell of a lie! God is not a torturer!
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When you walk alone, when everybody is against you, if you are sure with your ideas, walk strongly and proudly as if there is an army of angels by your side!
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If there is moonlight outside, don’t stay inside! If there is candle inside, don’t stay outside! Moments of romanticism are too valuable to be missed!
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We may like the honey without liking the bee, but this will not be ethical!
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All the creatures living on Earth behave more or less the same way!
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While people are struggling unhappily in the cities against the cruel authorities, a waterfall happily and cheerfully flows in the nature; there is happiness only if there is freedom!
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Don’t make friends with shadows; because shadows cannot smile!
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A pure drop of rain may fall on a beautiful water lily or on a dirty mud pond! This is exactly what happens when we are born!
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For humans as well as for ships, dark stormy nights are better teachers than tranquil sunny days.
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There is no need for the street lights in the Street of Love; all is already bright in there!
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The face of tomorrow can be seen only in tomorrow.
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Angels want peace; devils want war! Wise man wants tranquillity and creation; stupid man wants noise and destruction!
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Only the hardest roads make us really feel that we are alive! Leave the easy roads!
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Just like the submarines, deep men are also unaffected by the storms!
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Water is the most perfect traveller because when it travels it becomes the path itself!
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