“We should not be ashamed to acknowledge truth and to assimilate it from whatever source it comes to us, even if it is brought to us by former generations and foreign peoples. For him who seeks the truth there is nothing of higher value than truth itself; it never cheapens or debases him who reaches for it but ennobles and honors him.”
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“Well, personally, I've seen enough of people who die for an idea. I don't believe in heroism; I know it's easy and I've learned that it can be murderous. What interests me is living and dying for what one loves.”
― The Plague
― The Plague
“The gulf between the private and public views of our countrymen is evidence of the power of the state. —Celâl Salik, Milliyet”
― A Strangeness in My Mind
― A Strangeness in My Mind
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