He, who can create, abhors destruction.

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.

Happy people produce. Bored people consume.

The ultimate truth is penultimately always a falsehood. He who will be proved right in the end appears to be wrong and harmful before it.

Y'know when your dog drags its butt across the carpet leaving a stain- It's not as easy as it looks..."

Men are moved by two levers only: fear and self interest.

I think this is what hooks one to gardening: it is the closest one can come to being present at creation.

My guaranteed way of sending myself into deep depression is to read music trade papers and watch MTV.

Once you let go of your morals, everything becomes funny

All mothers are rich when they love their children. There are no poor mothers, no ugly ones, no old ones. Their love is always the most beautiful of joys.

In sweet music is such art: killing care and grief of heart fall asleep, or hearing, die.

As good as chocolate tastes, it sounds that good.