Kindness is virtue itself.

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.

Nothing revives the past so completely as a smell that was once associated with it.

Whomsoever embraces their creativity along with their individuality, embraces all possibility deep within.

Despite what your science fiction writers dream, we simply don't have the technology

We need to consciously remember that we have more responsibility to protect our planet, because without it we have nowhere else to live.

When I was 27 years old, I organized legal aid clinics to help low-income seniors. It was a life-altering experience.

There is that great proverb — that until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.

The greatest leaders mobilize others by coalescing people around a shared vision.

I think the Space Shuttle is worth one billion dollars a launch. I think that it is worth two billion dollars for what it does. I think the Shuttle is worth it for the work it does.

Pain dies quickly, and lets her weary prisoners go; the fiercest agonies have shortest reign.

Directing is a nice job. It's the best job for me. If I had to pay money to do it, I would do it... Directing is playing. Acting.