History is neither more nor less than biography on a large scale.

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.

I contemplated man's little spark, what it should be valued before God alongside of this great work of heaven and earth.

Share your problems with people who can help you solve them or you will only feel humiliated.

If you love me, feed my sheep.

What the world really needs is more love and less paper work.

The arc of our history is toward more equality being expanded to more and more people.

A song can't be completely serious if you rhyme melodic with alcoholic.

This thing, reconciliation, isn't perfect, but we also must have hope. Without hope, there is nothing. So let's hope.

[C]reationists [and] other religious enthusiasts [are], in many parts of the world ..., the most dangerous adversaries of science.

Kids need to see that Jesus is the best thing that ever happened to us. And they need to know it can happen to them.

You ask me about the past, you ask me about the future, the only way to be happy is to be living right now.