Quotes by Mehmet Murat ildan

Visit your life, because you are spending too much time in others life! Visit yourself!

A country where there is no security of life is certainly not a country but just a slaughter house!

Have you got stuck in a period of time where you loved or you were loved once? Come back to the present time, because present time is the only time you can do something real about your fate!

The New Year is a painting not yet painted; a path not yet stepped on; a wing not yet taken off! Things haven’t happened as yet! Before the clock strikes twelve, remember that you are blessed with the ability to reshape your life!

Time will do his own drawing upon us but we will do our own drawing upon time as well!

Throughout the human history millions have died because of the kings and the queens, because of the presidents and the prime ministers, because of the Caesars and the duces, because of all these little charlatans with big ego!

When you turn your back to the truth, the truth will soon appear before you!

Always be loyal to human values not to your country, because your country may well betray the human values!

Every time a stupid politician says something stupid, you don’t have to reply to him, because it is nonsense to shoo every barking dog away!

There is no sunset in a fascist country, because there is not a Sun in a fascist country!

We must thank to the crazy people because by looking at their achievements or the failures, we can decide whether we have to inject some craziness to our own lives or not!

If you are well ahead of your own society, your path will seem a wrong path to your own people!

There is October in every November and there is November in every December! All seasons melted in each other’s life!

You may not be happy with your life. All you have to do is to refuse to be unhappy! Because the worst thing is to get used to be unhappy!

What is really the Mars One project? It is to carry Frank Sinatra to the Mars, it is to carry Hamlet to the Mars, Gandhi to the Mars, Buddha to the Mars. It is a project of carrying our memories, our knowledge, our history, our everything to the Mars! It is not only a project of saving our future but also a project of saving our whole past!

You want to be a river? This is not necessary because you can be a river without being a river; just flow in your life, this is what the rivers are doing, they are flowing! Remember, you can be anything without giving up yourself. Never wish to be something else, always be yourself! You want to be a Sun? Just give warmth to everyone with kind words!

People ask what will happen if Mars One fails. There will be Mars Two, Mars Three, there will be Gliese 581 One, Proxima Centauri b One etc. If a project opens the path for other projects, it means that it has already triumphed!

Whatever time is giving us, it will take everything back!

It is more important to prove something to yourself than to prove it to others!

Reaching the top requires taking a good break every time you need it! On the way up, you must never hesitate to stop for a while!