If you hear Anarchy in the UK today your hair stands on end. It gives you the shivers.
We're crazy, We're living on crazy ideas about love, about relationships, about happiness, about joy, about everything.
Are you your clothes? Are you your name? Are you your profession? Stop identifying with them. They come and go
Pleasant experiences make life delightful. Painful experiences lead to growth.
My life is like shattered glass. " said the visitor. "My soul is tainted with evil. Is there any hope for me? "Yes," said the Master. "There is something whereby each broken thing is bound again and every stain made clean. " "What?" "Forgiveness" "Whom do I forgive?" "Everyone: Life, God, your neighbor especially yourself. " "How is that done?" "By understanding that no one is to blame," said the Master. "NO ONE.
Wisdom comes to those who learn nothing, unlearn everything.
Wisdom can be learned. But it cannot be taught.
There was a time when Istanbul was one of the safest cities in the world, because people were afraid of the police. People are no longer as afraid of the police as they used to be. Mugging used to be almost unknown; now everybody is afraid of mugging. In that sense, the downside of liberalization is already being felt in Turkey. And of course some people are afraid of Kurdish ethno-terrorism, which worries Turks very much more than the religious sort.
The gulls who scorn perfection for the sake of travel go nowhere, slowly. Those who put aside travel for the sake of perfection go anywhere, instantly.
I'm inspired by lines, by shapes, when I see a dress on a person, when I see a beauty in a face, whether it's a man from an ancient culture or a beautiful young model. So what inspires me? Life inspires me.
Today, we're even into the whole sweat thing. They'll wear a [suit] jacket like this, but they'll wear it with sweat pants and sneakers. But I do think there is every generation - and it won't be as big as it was when you and I were those ages - but every generation all of a sudden experiences that they want to dress up.