Too much I've seen, and felt, and lov'd in life, Living I come to seek Lethaean calm; Let me, fair scenes! forget all worldly strife, Oblivion solely is my bosom's balm.

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.

We shall succeed only so far as we continue that most distasteful of all activity the intolerable labour of thought.

An autobiography usually reveals nothing bad about its writer except his memory.

The voice will guide you-will tell you what to do. In order to do that, you must be quite sensitive with the instrument and accept this daily conversation with your voice.

The older I get, the more convinced I am that the space between people who are trying their best to understand each other is hallowed ground.

I think that if you idealise someone for so long, they can only disappoint and I wouldn't want to be disappointed by those people.

The truth is never the problem; The problem is always the problem.

Bright, white coming alive jumping off of the aerial All the time it's a changing, like now.

I see people in terms of dialogue and I believe that people are their talk.

Him I call a Mahatma (great soul) whose heart bleeds for the poor, otherwise he is a Duratma (wicked soul). Let us unite our wills in continued prayer for their good.

I'm not a fan of Star Wars. That is not for me. That is for my nephews and nieces. I don't get it.