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More Quotes by Yaşar Kemal
The longer I live, the more convinced am I that this planet is used by other planets as a lunatic asylum.
This is the true joy in life: Being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one, being a force of nature instead of a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and grievances, complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy. I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community and as long as I live, it is my privilege to do for it what I can. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got hold of for the moment and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations.
Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart's desire; the other is to get it.
The person I miss most is the one I could have been.
Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.
Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time.
Write your Sad times in Sand, Write your Good times in Stone.
Progress is impossible without change; and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.
Both optimists and pessimists contribute to society. The optimist invents the aeroplane, the pessimist the parachute.
People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.
