Candle Quotations Quotes

“What distinguishes candle from other lights is that it appeals to our soul, not our eyes!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“We think that the time machine was not invented, but the candle is actually a time machine! Light a candle and get out of the moment you are in, travel to other times!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“Sometimes neither a friend nor a psychologist can enter the depths of your soul, but only the flames of a candle or a fireplace.”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“What does it mean to be a candle? It means challenging the darkness even though you know you will die!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“When the candle burns, we are happy with the light it gives; but when we look at the melting, dying candle, we become unhappy! Maybe it's because we also see ourselves as a poor candle melting in the face of time!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“While reading a book by candlelight, the flickering candle flame dances on the words of the book, and the story of the book seems to come alive and come to the dimension we are in!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“The darkness is not afraid of the candle because it knows that the candle has a continuity problem!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“A candle that never goes out reaches its highest value only in darkness that never ends!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“Sometimes you have to be like a candle! What is the mission? To illuminate the darkness? So, no questions asked, just do the job, burn in silence! Set your mission and be like a candle, do your job, quietly, calmly, without complaining, without speaking, in silence!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“There is no way you can understand the spirit of darkness when you have a candle in your hand!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“Those who try to illuminate the world with a single candle quickly realize what a tremendous power the sun is!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“Even when thousands of candles come together, the surrounding is not illuminated extraordinarily, but next to this dimness, a great spiritual light and a great wave of hope are created!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“Silence, dimness and candle, as soon as these three magicians come together, they almost absorb the tiredness of your soul!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“Sometimes candles, from which you do not know where they come from, light up your dark path; and then they disappear as mysteriously as they came! And in this case, the best thing to do is not try to solve this mystery, because some mysteries prefer to remain a mystery!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“Have you ever seen a street lamp, a torch, a candle that illuminates only itself and nothing else? When you enlighten yourself, you automatically enlighten others!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“If you want to make a mysterious journey, you don't have to go to a twilight forest or walk mysterious paths under the moonlight! You sit at home, turn off your lamp and light a candle, and suddenly the mystery begins to take hold in your mind!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“You can't find a better key than light to open a door made of darkness!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“Yes, it is true that candle loves the light wind because it dances with it, but every candle that wants to see the true limits of its power must face the stronger winds!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“The heating power of the candle, the lighting power of the candle, all the powers of the candle that come to mind and are felt far beyond its own power, come not from its physical power but from the psychological power it gives to people!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“If a candle appears while you are expecting a torch, do not be upset, because then you will break the candle's heart!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“Student: Master, why did you put the candles in front of the window? So that they can watch the view outside? So that they can learn to stand against the blowing wind? So that they can warm the cold wind outside? Master: I put them there just so that you can ask questions like these and exercise your mind!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“Does a tiny candle want to be a huge torch? It doesn't, because if it were a torch, it wouldn't be at a fine dinner table with red wine and in magnificent candlesticks; it wouldn't be on the desk of a writer working passionately in the mysterious darkness of night; it wouldn't be next to the flowered statues of a temple! The tiny candle wouldn't want to abandon all these small beauties and become a huge torch!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“A candle's life is very short, but every candle still wants to burn and live that short life because even a brief existence is better than remaining dead forever!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan