Always seek for balance in your life: If you stayed long in the darkness, walk long in the light; if you talked too much, stay silent for a good while; if you climbed the high mountains, hike long on the plains! Balance everything!
MEHMET MURAT ILDANOne hundred sparrow does not make one eagle.
More Mehmet Murat Ildan Quotes
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It would be nice to find a ‘planet of trees and birds’ in the space; only trees and birds, millions of different trees and millions of different birds!
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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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You may like walking barefoot, but keep your shoes with you; you may need it when the ground changes!
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A leader without a vision is just a letter without a stamp; it can never reach his destination.
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A good book for an illiterate is a golden ring for a fingerless hand!
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Intellectual is a parrot; wise man is a crow. One is repetitive; other is creative!
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The nicest thing about creating ideas is that even when you finish your travelling, they continue their journey!
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For a city to be beautiful, it must have a mysterious air!
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Doing goodness is good only when you don’t expect anything in return; not a medal, not even a simple thanking!
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Even if you enter the dirty water, stay neat like a white swan!
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Spring blossoms are fairy tales, autumn leaves are tragic dramas.
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A man who sits under a tree and dreams makes more journey than a man who goes around the world without dreaming!
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When you close your mouth, your ears will be bigger!
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Every time thief steals, he steals from his own peace, from his own honour! No man is as poor as a rich thief!
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You can’t get the taste of winning in a running competition with a turtle!
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Wise man is the rooster of the universe: He awakens the unawake!
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Even the poorest street is rich with people on it and even the richest street is poor without people on it!
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Put a very clever man next to a genius, his brightness will immediately turn to dullness!
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If 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!
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An ocean which thinks there is nothing to learn from a lake is not a wise ocean!
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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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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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On the path to truth, you can’t see many people; truth’s way is calm and quiet. Look around you, friend! Are there too many people on the path you walk? If there are, question your path! Get away from the crowds!
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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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Every man is a door; when the door is closed, just search for the key gently! Remember that every door has a key!
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The strange thing about the sunset is that we actually don’t want the sun to set, we want it to stay right on the horizon, not below it, not above it, just right on it!
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