God Is A Meticulous Clockmaker. So Precise

We're Born Into A Certain Family, Nation, Class. But If We Have No Connection Whatsoever With The Worlds Beyond The One We Take For Granted, Then We Too Run The Risk Of Drying Up Inside. Our Imagination Might Shrink; Our Hearts Might Dwindle, And Our Humanness Might Wither If We Stay For Too Long Inside Our Cultural Cocoons. Our Friends, Neighbors, Colleagues, Family - If All The People In Our Inner Circle Resemble Us, It Means We Are Surrounded With Our Mirror Image.

Many Analysts Compare Turkey With Countries In The Middle East, But I Think We Need To Compare It With Russia. Both Countries Come From A Tradition Of Empire, And Also From A Tradition Of The Strong State.

Bountiful Is Your Life, Full And Complete. Or So You Think, Until Someone Comes Along And Makes You Realize What You Have Been Missing All This Time. Like A Mirror That Reflects What Is Absent Rather Than Present, He Shows You The Void In Your Soul—the Void You Have Resisted Seeing. That Person Can Be A Lover, A Friend, Or A Spiritual Master. Sometimes It Can Be A Child To Look After. What Matters Is To Find The Soul That Will Complete Yours. All The Prophets Have Given The Same Advice: Find The One Who Will Be Your Mirror!".

Moments Are Born And Moments Die. For New Experiences To Come To Life, Old Ones Need To Wither Away.

To Each His Own Way And His Own Prayer. God Does Not Take Us At Our Word. He Looks Deep Into Our Hearts. It Is Not The Ceremonies Or Rituals That Make A Difference, But Whether Our Hearts Are Sufficiently Pure Or Not.