“Pour un pauvre être écrasé par les différents despotismes qui, peu ou prou, pèsent sur toutes les jeunesses, le premier usage du libre arbitre, exercé même sur des riens, apportait à Tâme je ne sais quel épanouissement.”
― Le Lys dans la vallée
― Le Lys dans la vallée
“In my view, the West is not a concept to be explored, analyzed, or enlarged through a study of the history and great ideals that created it; it has always been an instrument. It is when we use it as instrument that does not exist in our own history and culture because we see it in Europe, and we legitimize our demands with Europe's prestige. In our own country, the concept of Europe justifies the use of force, radical political change, the ruthless severing of tradition. From improvement of women's rights to violation of human rights, from democracy to military dictatorship, many things are justified by an idea of the West that stresses this concept of Europe and reflects a positivist utilitarianism. Throughout my life I've heard all our daily habits, from table manners to sexual ethics, criticized and changed because "that's how they do it in Europe." It is something I have heard over and over: on the radio, on television, from my mother. It is not an argument based on reason and indeed precludes reason.”
― Other Colours
― Other Colours
“we limit ourselves to normal cases of mutual influence, we find that those people are most capable of being influenced who are most amenable to reason and logic, those whose social feeling has been least distorted. On the contrary, those who thirst for superiority and desire domination are very difficult to influence. Observation teaches us this fact every day.”
― Understanding Human Nature
― Understanding Human Nature
“En realidad nadie sabe que está viviendo el momento más feliz de su vida mientras lo vive. Puede que haya quienes piensen o digan sinceramente (y a menudo) en ciertos momentos de entusiasmo que están viviendo «ahora» ese instante dorado de sus vidas, pero, a pesar de todo, con parte de su alma creen que más adelante vivirán momentos más hermosos y más felices. Porque, especialmente en la juventud, de la misma forma que nadie puede seguir viviendo si piensa en que a partir de ese momento todo va a ir a peor, si uno es tan dichoso como para imaginarse que vive el momento más feliz de su vida, es lo bastante optimista como para pensar que el futuro también será hermoso. Pero en los días en que sentimos que nuestra vida, como si fuera una novela, ha adquirido por fin su forma definitiva, podemos percibir y seleccionar, como hago yo ahora, cuál ha sido nuestro momento más feliz.”
― El museo de la inocencia
― El museo de la inocencia
“... Üstelik bizim memlekette dikbaşlı olmak, kendi kendine karar vermek hoş bir şey değildir ki! İnsan her zaman daa iyi bilen, daha iyi düşünen birine kendini emanet etmeli, birisine bağlanmalı, bir inancı benimsemeli.”
― Cevdet Bey ve Oğulları
― Cevdet Bey ve Oğulları
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