Habit with it's iron sinews, clasps us and leads us day by day.

If one had but a single glance to give the world, one should gaze on Istanbul.

If they say "you have your last chance to look at the world", I wish that look would from Çamlıca of Istanbul.

There is no man more complete than the one who travelled a lot, who changed the shape of his thoughts and his life twenty times.

Sometimes, only one person is missing, and the whole world seems depopulated.

Grief knits two hearts in closer bonds than happiness ever can; and common sufferings are far stronger links than common joys.

The more I see of the representatives of the people, the more I admire my dogs.

To love for the sake of being loved is human, but to love for the sake of loving is angelic.

Brutality to an animal is cruelty to mankind - it is only the difference in the victim.

If greatness of purpose, smallness of means, and astonishing results are the three criteria of a human genius, who could dare compare any great man in history with Muhammad?

Love is the enchanted dawn of every heart.

Physical love is unthinkable without violence.

Belief is harder to shake than knowledge.

I want a formal apology from the mayor.

My life is in the art that I make, and I'm very happy with it.

Boredom makes you do crazy things

He who seeks fame by the practice of virtue asks only for what he deserves.

It takes two to tango; when I go, you go.

A modest woman has good children.

The leaves fall patiently Nothing remembers or grieves The river takes to the sea The yellow drift of leaves.

Don't get angry; get better.