Obscure shadows on the mind are much scarier than the dark shadows of the night.
MEHMET MURAT ILDANStop going to the zoos! Don’t take your children to the zoos! No creature ever deserves captivity without any crime!
More Mehmet Murat Ildan Quotes
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You cannot separate the old furniture from the memories and the memories from the old furniture!
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Earth travels in the space at the speed of 108,000 kilometres per hour. When you walk calmly in a forest, you must know that you are in fact flying in the space at that crazy speed!
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All men leave the harbour of youth, but only few reach the very far island of wisdom!
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In a marshland amongst the crocodiles, there float beautiful water lilies! Even in the Hell, one can find the good and the beauty.
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In nature, everything has a job. The job of the fog is to beautify further the existing beauties!
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If you have too many enemies, it means that you are either too good or too evil!
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For serenity, always prefer the cottage to the palace!
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The most beautiful carpet is the carpet made of autumn leaves!
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We determine our own price; it is always good to set our price to infinity so that no one can buy us!
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Thank God I am not an intellectual! What a garbage of knowledge, what an unnecessary glossary of terms they have, those intellectuals!
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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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A good book for an illiterate is a golden ring for a fingerless hand!
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No man can claim to be free in real terms unless he is fully in control of his own destiny!
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Wherever you stop, you will stay there. Don’t expect the ground beneath you to move forward!
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Man must spend much more time in extraordinary natural places to grasp much better how remarkable our planet is and to realise what a great privilege and what an enormous joy to be living here!
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If you want to appreciate the Sun, be a miner; to value the land, be a sailor and to long for freedom, get married…
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When you see your fellow religious man, don’t call him brother; but when you see a man of honour, a man of goodness, a man of peace, a man of ethics, now you can call him as your brother!
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If you know the North, you know where the South is; if you know the darkness, you know where the light is! Evil is an excellent compass for the good!
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No turtle can be a revolutionist, because revolution requires high speed!
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In a democracy, people always vote for their alike! Pig for the pig, raven for the raven! Dull for the dull, wise for the wise!
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For your enemies, keep the door open forever!
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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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If a supernatural power tries to make you a saint or an emperor, refuse it, because the greatest beauty of life hides in having no position whatsoever! Positionless is the best position!
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If you have good friends, don’t look for treasure because you are already rich; if you have just treasure, look for good friends, because you are still poor!
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When you reached the summit, you will see that you are still tiny!
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Some fool aims to go to heaven; some clever knows that there isn’t any; and some intelligent tries to create one with his own effort! Be intelligent!
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