Dancing of the autumn leaves on the surface of a lake is a dream we see when we are awake!
MEHMET MURAT ILDANDancing of the autumn leaves on the surface of a lake is a dream we see when we are awake!
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 ILDANBirds are not free since Men have invented cages.
MEHMET MURAT ILDANIntellectual is a parrot; wise man is a crow. One is repetitive; other is creative!
MEHMET MURAT ILDANEvery man is a door; when the door is closed, just search for the key gently! Remember that every door has a key!
MEHMET MURAT ILDANBehind every success, there lies a magical word: Dare!
MEHMET MURAT ILDANAngels want peace; devils want war! Wise man wants tranquillity and creation; stupid man wants noise and destruction!
MEHMET MURAT ILDANFor an apple you can’t reach up and pick, you have to climb that tree; the tree won’t bend down for you!
MEHMET MURAT ILDANFor a great master, everyone is a master, because he learns from everyone! For a great master, everything is a master, because he learns from everything!
MEHMET MURAT ILDANLike a garbage truck, we need a ‘lie-truck’ which will collect lies from everyone’s houses every morning, even every hour!
MEHMET MURAT ILDANDon’t make friends with shadows; because shadows cannot smile!
MEHMET MURAT ILDANFor your enemies, keep the door open forever!
MEHMET MURAT ILDANThere are some old photographs from where if you take anything out, even a chicken or a little bird, the magic will disappear.
MEHMET MURAT ILDANAn ocean which thinks there is nothing to learn from a lake is not a wise ocean!
MEHMET MURAT ILDANHeraclitus says you cannot step into the same river twice. We can also say that the same river cannot touch us twice!
MEHMET MURAT ILDANWithout water drops, there can be no oceans; without steps, there can be no stairs; without little things, there can be no big things!
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