Our greatest illusion is to believe that we are what we think ourselves to be.

Tell me what you feel in your room when the full moon is shining in upon you and your lamp is dying out, and I will tell you how old you are, and I shall know if you are happy.

There is no respect for others without humility in one's self.

Learn to... be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not.

Women wish to be loved without a why or a wherefore; not because they are pretty, or good, or well-bred, or graceful, or intelligent, but because they are themselves.

Destiny has two ways of crushing us - by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them.

In every loving woman there is a priestess of the past

In every loving woman there is a priestess of the past - a pious guardian of some affection, of which the object has disappeared.

Analysis kills spontaneity. The grain once ground into flour springs and germinates no more.

Truth is not only violated by falsehood; it may be equally outraged by silence.

You desire to know the art of living, my friend? It is contained in one phrase: make use of suffering.

There are some cities in the world, they would have looked much more beautiful had they never been a city and İstanbul is such a city!

Conscience, the divine nature within us, sees everything as connected, what’s good for all is always its priority.

The environment is everything that isn't me.

Whether in chains or in laurels, liberty knows nothing but victories.

I never thought that alcohol could ease the notion of the sadness, Now what used to be a happy home done turned into some bad sh!t

As the family goes, so goes society.

I have never considered myself a prodigy. Others have used that term, but I never bought in to it.

Our men and women in uniform put their lives on the line for our nation every day; they should not have to jeopardize their financial well-being as well.

There is an innate innocence in the concious Vata personality. A delicate, sensitive, and aware nature reveals the graceful Vata component of any type.

Grads need to remember that it's [showcases] just a jumping off point for their career, not the defining moment.