Mehmet Murat ildan

“A seagull flying beautifully is heaven; a seagull hunting an innocent fish is hell! Existence is heaven and hell, joy and horror!”

“An illusionist can make himself disappear; a musician can do the same thing: When he plays a piano, after a while we start seeing only the music, not the man!”

“A good mind is the mind which leaves no one on the ground when rising!”

“The ugliest government is the one which is spreading fear to its own people! The finest government is the one which encourages its own people to criticize the government harshly.”

“Choices are abundant, it is the right decision which is the rare one!”

“The reality of the mind can be one hundred percent different than the reality of the reality!”

“History of science is a relay race, my painter friend. Copernicus took over his flag from Aristarchus, from Cicero, from Plutarch; and Galileo took that flag over from Copernicus.”

“If a thing which is believed by billions is against the reason and not supported by the science, it is a great honour not to be amongst those billions!”

“To be able to see a magic, you need to have a mind that can detect that magic!”

“You know you may feel very sad like a child whose toy is broken; but then you know sun rises, life continues and you start laughing again!”

“Some looks are heavier than the thickest books because they carry the saddest stories of life!”

“If the humanity does not poison the minds of the children with all sort of religious craps, the new generations of humanity will soon create a new world order where reason and logic will be the sole guide, the sole savior!”

“If somebody tells you ‘History will never forgive you,’ just laugh at him! Because when the history comes, you won’t be here! The threat of history never forgives you is a useless threat!”

“On the road to success, even little stones may cause you fall down! If you are not serious and careful, forget about reaching your target!”

“Sometimes you do not need a particular destination to go, you just need a travel; the place you want to go is the travel itself!”

“We don't move with our legs and arms, but with courage and will power.”

“An ordinary place turns into an extraordinary place when visited by a good music! Earthly place becomes celestial!”

“Earthworms cannot be painters. Those who live in the darkness can never perceive and appreciate the beauties of the light!”

“In a beautiful morning, walking barefoot to the work through the green fields with the company of the singing birds... and there you shall meet the real happiness!”

“The most beautiful thing about the most beautiful roads is that the destination is forgotten and the journey becomes the destination itself!”