Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours. I am the fellow citizen of every being that thinks; my country is Truth.

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.

Alone in the forest, Katsa sat on a stump and cried. She cried like a person whose heart is broken and wondered how, when two people loved each other, there could be such a broken heart.

There's nothing more stubborn than a fact. That is why you hate them so much. They offend you.

Anybody can say anything they want. Hillary Clinton can control her own campaign.

It's not about the money for me.

Everything good in a man thrives best when properly recognized.

After all, what's good enough for Austen ought to be good enough for anyone.

A boat is safe in the harbor. But this is not the purpose of a boat.

You are here, and there is nothing to fear. Count your blessings and before you're finished counting, you"ll have even more

My mom took me to a dog show and I won!!

I will not allow a Delia Smith cookbook in my house! It's all so precise with Delia, and it makes cooking seem so inaccessible.