When the wisdom speaks, be silent. Do not waste your candle when the sun is there.
MEHMET MURAT ILDANWhen the wisdom speaks, be silent. Do not waste your candle when the sun is there.
MEHMET MURAT ILDANAll men leave the harbour of youth, but only few reach the very far island of wisdom!
MEHMET MURAT ILDANIf you want to do something very praiseworthy and very saintly, make a child happy!
MEHMET MURAT ILDANWhen the water is calm, take as much distance as possible with your boat!
MEHMET MURAT ILDANMan 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!
MEHMET MURAT ILDANLonely trees are not lonely; they have their eternal companies: Songs of the birds; shadows of the clouds; lights of the Moon; whispers of the winds… Lonely trees are not lonely!
MEHMET MURAT ILDANIn autumn, don’t go to jewellers to see gold; go to the parks!
MEHMET MURAT ILDANMay God protect us from all the religions!
MEHMET MURAT ILDANBirds are not free since Men have invented cages.
MEHMET MURAT ILDANMan sometimes needs only stillness, just stillness!
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 ILDANIn a democracy, people always vote for their alike! Pig for the pig, raven for the raven! Dull for the dull, wise for the wise!
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 give an advice to someone, you must first be somebody.
MEHMET MURAT ILDANIf 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!
MEHMET MURAT ILDANThe wisdom of a lonely tree is higher than the wisdom of the forest, because there is more thinking in it!
MEHMET MURAT ILDAN