...to kill animals for the purpose of feeding on their flesh is one of the most deplorable and shameful infirmities of the human state

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.

I have been dairy free for several years, and I started because I felt it was going to reduce my allergies, which it did, and help me lose weight, which it did.

She had the underwear of a thirteen-year-old, as well, he thought. He glanced back at her. But the shoes of a courtesan.

To create you must quiet your mind. You need a quiet mind so that ideas will have a chance of connecting.

The moment the light went out, everyone stopped pretending.

People like Congress more than their health insurance companies.

I mean, give me a guitar, give me a piano, give me a broom and string, I wouldn't get bored anywhere.

Live with intention. Walk to the edge. Do what you love. Live as if this is all there is.

Mainstream media would convince you that there's commercial culture and that's all - but this other music is still here.

It is pleasant at times to play the madman.

Corporal Nobbs had been disqualified from the human race for shoving