We cannot have two hearts, one for the animals and one for men. In cruelty towards the former and cruelty to the latter there is no difference but in the victim.

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.

Hope is the desire to bloom, but faith believes and visualizes the bloom.

What is deeply felt is never lost.

A life of greatness can only come from one's true passion in life. There is absolutely no other way around it.

If God thought it necessary to offer rewards for love, your God must be immoral.

If there is possbility of the ability, I will choose flexibility.

Movie stars need to retain some of that mystique if you are a big movie star.

I must have been a really pretentious little girl.

I want to be a top-flight football player, so I lead the life that enables me to be that type of player. I prefer to be seen in a decent light rather than an indecent one.

One smile relieves a heart that grieves.

I don't like you, but I love you.