Angels want peace; devils want war! Wise man wants tranquillity and creation; stupid man wants noise and destruction!
MEHMET MURAT ILDANAngels want peace; devils want war! Wise man wants tranquillity and creation; stupid man wants noise and destruction!
MEHMET MURAT ILDANI don’t keep diaries; I consider them like birds; I set them free and let them fly to the depths of the past where they belong!
MEHMET MURAT ILDANIf you want to say something truly new, you must first know everything that has been said in the human history; not half, not ninety percent, but all that has been said! Only then you can say something new, if you can!
MEHMET MURAT ILDANArchimedes once said that ‘Give me where to stand, and I will move the earth.’ There is a much more difficult task than this: To try to lift an ignorant up from where he stands, because he is heavily chained to the stupidity!
MEHMET MURAT ILDANThe power of nature can make fun of the power of man at any time!
MEHMET MURAT ILDANBe 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!
MEHMET MURAT ILDANThe adjective ‘decent’ and the noun ‘government’ have seldom come together in the human history!
MEHMET MURAT ILDANThe greatest masters are the greatest apprentices as well; they are not only greatest givers but also greatest takers.
MEHMET MURAT ILDANWhen everything around you is crazy, it is ingenious to stay calm.
MEHMET MURAT ILDANApplauds 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?
MEHMET MURAT ILDANIf you think life is a smooth sea, you will soon be awakened from this sweet dream by the slap of a bitter wave!
MEHMET MURAT ILDANThink about the answers of the questions that have not yet been asked! When they are asked, you will have the answers ready!
MEHMET MURAT ILDANThe longest distance in the universe is not between the stars, but between the religion and the truth!
MEHMET MURAT ILDANNo turtle can be a revolutionist, because revolution requires high speed!
MEHMET MURAT ILDANAll the creatures living on Earth behave more or less the same way!
MEHMET MURAT ILDANWe cannot allow the badness to be triumphant on earth because we do not have a spare world!
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