“When facing anguish, do not seek pity from human beings but victory from the Lord Almighty.”
Source: A Manual for Victory
“The trouble is I have the religious temperament but I don't have the belief.”
“I love, therefore I live.”
Source: Yüz Şiirlerin Yüzüğü (Ring of 100 Poems, Bilingual Edition): 100 Turkish Poems with Translations
“Patriotism has then, many faces. Those who would reject it entirely do not seem to have considered what will certainly step - has already begun to step - into its place. For a long time yet, or perhaps forever, nations will live in danger. Rulers must somehow nerve their subjects to defend them or at least to prepare for their defence. Where the sentiment of patriotism has been destroyed this can be done only by presenting every international conflict in a purely ethical light. If people will spend neither sweat nor blood for "their country" they must be made to feel that they are spending them for justice, or civilisation, or humanity. This is a step down, not up.”
Source: The Four Loves
“More than being the spark of reason,
Be the reason for someone's spark.
Better than bearing the light of faith,
Instill faith in someone's light.”
Source: Dervis Vadisi: 100 Promissory Sonnets
“Beyond all crucifix and calculus, Love is the only cosmic education.”
Source: Dervis Vadisi: 100 Promissory Sonnets
“Be cautious of your ignorance, but more cautious of your intelligence.”
Source: Dervis Vadisi: 100 Promissory Sonnets
“Close your eyes, turn off facts and fiction; There's an alley leading from my heart to yours.”
Source: Dervis Vadisi: 100 Promissory Sonnets
“Donning the cap of curiosity,
Heart firmly rooted in humility,
Wielding the wonder of living morale,
Be the one-sided lover to humanity.”
Source: Yüz Şiirlerin Yüzüğü (Ring of 100 Poems, Bilingual Edition): 100 Turkish Poems with Translations
“Humanitarian Behaviorism
(The Sonnet)
Give me a drop of love,
I'll shower you with monsoon.
Hit me with loads of hate,
I'll silently disappear soon.
I don't approve of hate in return,
I just walk away from wrong done to me.
Wrong done to another is another matter,
I am the bulldozer, if you are the bully.
I am a biologist and behaviorist after all,
I don't need to do harm to restrain harm.
Weaknesses of the apes are my common knowledge,
Where there is brain, there's no need for brawn.
Brain used to lift the world,
is the only human brain.
All else is mindless protoplasm,
ever-consumed with greed and gain.”
Source: Insan Himalayanoğlu: It's Time to Defect