True greatness is sovereign wisdom. We are never deceived by our virtues.

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.

A smile is merely a symptom of the human condition called happiness. Animals are affected by that condition more often though the symptoms are not so obvious.

If you do not know you can always ask, but if you do not know never answer wrong.

Repeat the mantra: Writing is when I make the words. Editing is when I make them not shitty.

You say that I should be your teacher! See to it that I am your pinion and not your brake.

American supremacy is the greatest threat to the world today.

I care more about the people than about the company. That's why I don't want to own it. I don't want to run a business. People do it better than I do.

But since the middle of the century in particular, the music has become very irregular in rhythm.

I have intentions as a writer, but people - when they're listening to a track - will take from it what they interpret.

Clearly the anti-Semitism in Germany in the 1930s went overboard and it was clearly a terrible moment in history.

It's fun to go to the movies and be scared.