The attractiveness that exists to man in the very helplessness of woman is scarcely realized.

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.

Do not speak harshly to a grown-up man. He is old enough to be your father.

We need to go beyond the "Crossroads" to healing as a nation, to not loose focus of the values that made us, and to always be on the path towards compassion and love

I've wept enough in my life. I have no tears left.

In this situation I was constantly exposed to danger and death.

I work for men that I would love to meet, somebody who I could fall in love with, someone who intrigues me.

When I see the migrant workers broken bodies and eyes without hope, I want to embrace and wipe away their fears. It makes me angry and helps me to keep fighting the oppressive system.

And if you would know God, be not therefore a solver of riddles. Rather look about you and you shall see Him playing with your children.

Give the opponents more than one reason to stare at your feet.

We may not need God to tell us where the world came from, but we need God to be able to live moral lives and for there to be morality in the first place.

Self-expression without craft is for toddlers.