I have remained someone who believes that the only things indispensable to human life are air, food, drink and excretion, and the search for truth. The rest is optional.
Do exactly what you would do if you felt most secure.
If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough.
The most important hour is always the present. The most significant person is precisely the one sitting across from you right now. The most necessary work is always love.
What we plant in the soil of contemplation, we shall reap in the harvest of action.
What good is it to me that Mary gave birth to the son of God fourteen hundred years ago, and I do not also give birth to the Son of God in my time and in my culture? We are all meant to be mothers of God. God is always needing to be born.
And suddenly you know: It's time to start something new and trust the magic of beginnings.
The End of the Affair is a good movie because it about things, things that really matter. Love, sex, death. Have you ever seen romance?
There's been quite a clear upswing in nationalist sentiments. Everyone is talking about it, in Turkey as well.
Who, then, will govern? The answer must be, Man - for we have no angels in the shape of men, as yet, who are willing to take charge of our political affairs.
Let someone else take your place in line, Let someone else be first. Let someone else achieve realization before you.