“Doğru sevgi, gideni özgür bırakmayı
ve zamanı geldiğinde yokuş aşağı inmeyi gerektirir.
Belki şu an tam da bulunmanız gereken yere, tek başınıza inmeyi…
Kanyonda yürüyen yaralı bir adam gibi,
gecenin bir vakti, sessizce, dikkatlice,
Görmese bile, çevrede yeni zirveler ve güzellikler olduğunun bilincinde…
Lakin, hayat tepeler ve vadilerle doludur.
Ömür boyu bir inilir, iki çıkılır.
Tepeden bakarken ufuk her zaman görünür ama
Bazen de yıldızların rehberliğinde karanlıkta yürünür.
Aradığını vadilerde bulamazsan üzülme,
Önündeki yamaçta bekleyen, gün doğumudur.”
Source: Sanmasınlar Yıkıldık
“Of all the names that linger in my memory after a long journey, this one is the dearest to me (Therapia). Perhaps because it sounds so Greek, blithe as a swelling paean to carefree days spent on lovely shores? Perhaps because it came at the beginning and now belongs to a long ago, glorified time-for the journey had just begun.”
Source: All the Roads Are Open: The Afghan Journey
“I am left with the magic, the name, the heart miraculously touched.”
Source: All the Roads Are Open: The Afghan Journey
“The Swiss will never be the wild child of Europe; you only have to look at their lovingly tended vegetable patches to see that. But whether they are boring or not most likely depends on the eye of the beholder.”
Source: The Naked Swiss: A Nation Behind 10 Myths
“Did I really want to call myself Swiss if it meant shutting the door on less "perfect" residents?”
Source: The Naked Swiss: A Nation Behind 10 Myths
“It is not against the law to drink in public places, and you will see people drinking in parks or by the lake. The Swiss have a more relaxed attitude to alcohol consumption. From the age of 16, young people can be served beer or wine in a bar.”
Source: The Naked Swiss: A Nation Behind 10 Myths
“By the time the Freedom Flights, to use the US description, came to an end, more than 260,000 Cubans had been airlifted to the United States, every one of them registered by the Swiss before they left Cuba.”
Source: The Naked Swiss: A Nation Behind 10 Myths
“In a very humbling process, the Swiss have had to admit to their faults and compromise on secrecy, changing the law and releasing the names of bank clients to please the US, as well as signing a dozen double taxation agreements in six months to please the OECD.”
Source: The Naked Swiss: A Nation Behind 10 Myths
“The perceived failings of leaders of other neutral or occupied European countries, including France, Spain, Sweden or Norway, or of the countries that fought alongside the Nazis, have not caught the public imagination in the English-speaking world in anything like the same way.”
Source: The Naked Swiss: A Nation Behind 10 Myths
“With many turns and holes
Life is much like a swiss cheese:
Emmental, dear, what's on!”
Source: A-Z of Happiness: Tips for Living and Breaking Through the Chain that Separates You from Getting That Dream Job