Philosophers build themselves palaces of ideas, but they prefer to live in hovels.

Every murid is, in essence, a murad.

An ignorant Muslim is more dangerous than a non-believer.

By nature, man is a worshiper.

Kizima

Butun insanlari
Dostun bil,
Kardesin bil
Kizim

Sevginin
Urunudur insan,
Nefretin degil,
Kizim

Zulmun onunde
Dimdik tut onurunu
Sevginin onunde egil
Kizim

Butun insanlari
Dostun bil,
Kardesin bil
Kizim...

Gunes dogdu karanliklar gitti
gece goremediklerim ya da gormek istemediklerim,
sanki ortaya cikti.

It's the "no time for sleep" time of the year.

Deus ex machina

No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, for the patch will pull away from the garment, making the tear worse. Neither do men pour new wine into old wineskins. If they do, the skins will burst, the wine will run out and the wineskins will be ruined. No, they pour new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved. (Matthew 9:16-17)

Anyone who spent so much time rejecting something must be very attached to it indeed; one whose only concern was love of the one Beloved had no room for distractions such as rejecting the world.

You cannot step into the same river twice.

All day I keep thinking about it, then at night I say it.
Where did I come from, and what is my purpose here?
Where I am going, where is my true homeland
My soul is from elsewhere, I'm sure of that,
and I intend to end up there.

This drunkenness began in some other tavern.
When I get back around to that place,
I'll be completely sober. Meanwhile,
I'm like a bird from another continent, sitting in this aviary.
The day is coming when I fly off,
but who is it now in my ear who hears my voice?
Who says words with my mouth?

Who looks out with my eyes? What is the soul?
I cannot stop asking.
If I could taste one sip of an answer,
I could break out of this prison for drunks.
I didn't come here of my own accord, and I can't leave that way.
Whoever brought me here, will have to take me home.

One thing doesn't make a man.

- Bogaz'da yururken..

Istanbul'da olmak; sadece Olmak demek. Burada, su an da olmak, su ani yasamak.

Why does a dog wag its tail?
Because a dog is smarter than its tail.
If the tail were smarter, the tail would wag the dog.

You look like that girl in the Hunchback of Notre Dame today: ...Esmeralda!

... but I can't imagine you with all your complexity, all your perfection, all your imperfection anymore. Look at you. You are just a shade of my real wife. You're the best I can do; but I'm sorry, you are just not good enough.

Everything changes except change itself.

Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, "This is the way; walk in it." (Isaiah 30:21)

Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forget what he looks like. (James 1:23-24)

So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don't fall. (1 Corinthians 10:12)

Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in you own eye? How can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? (Matthew 7:3-4)

Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us. (1 John 4:11-12)

Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is - his good, pleasing and perfect will. (Romans 12:2)

When a farmer works a field, he begins by preparing the soil. The farmer will plow, disc, harrow, fertilize, harrow again, and finally plant the seeds. For a period of time the farmer is visibly active in his field. But after he plants, he stops for a while to allow the new seeds to grow. There is nothing he can do except wait and hope for the best.