All great masters, in their work, seek that profound void within color and outside time.

Life can't be all that bad,' i'd think from time to time. 'Whatever happens, i can always take a long walk along the Bosphorus.

Tell me then, does love make one a fool or do only fools fall in love?

Before my birth there was infinite time, and after my death, inexhaustible time. I never thought of it before: I'd been living luminously between two eternities of darkness.

I read a book one day and my whole life was changed.

Dogs do speak, but only to those who know how to listen.

Life is beautiful if you are on the road to somewhere

For if a lover's face survives emblazoned on your heart, the world is still your home.

Happiness is holding someone in your arms and knowing you hold the whole world.

To savour Istanbul's back streets, to appreciate the vines and trees that endow its ruins with accidental grace, you must, first and foremost, be a stranger to them.

After all, a woman who doesn't love cats is never going to be make a man happy.

Those who say religion has nothing to do with politics do not know what religion is.

Through artistry, imagination not only allows one to express their creativity, but also their soul.

The most dangerous flaws are those which are good in moderation, " she said. "Evil is easy to fight. Lack of wisdom… that is very hard indeed.

I think life is so difficult to catch, it's so furtive, that a copy, a film, can in no way catch it and represent it.

God helps those who help others.

Fat is where comedy is stored.

I made lots of talks and challenged lots of people.

For any speculation which does not at first glance look crazy, there is no hope.

We are coerced into faith by our suffering.

The Gospel is this: You're more sinful, evil and weak than you'd ever believe. But you're more valued, accepted and loved than you dared hope.