“The foundation of our religion is very strong. The material is strong as well, but the building itself was neglected for hundreds of years. As the plaster dropped down, none thought to replace it and none felt the need to reinforce the building. Quite the contrary: many foreign elements and interpretations, as well as empty beliefs, came along and damaged it still more.”

As quoted in Kemalizm, Laiklik ve Demokrasi [Kemalism, Laicism and Democracy] (1994) by Ahmet Taner Kışlalı

Adopted from Wikiquote. Last update June 3, 2021. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "The foundation of our religion is very strong. The material is strong as well, but the building itself was neglected fo…" by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk?
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk photo
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk 38
Turkish army officer, revolutionary, and the first Presiden… 1881–1938

Related quotes

Calvin Coolidge photo

“Don’t expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.”

Calvin Coolidge (1872–1933) American politician, 30th president of the United States (in office from 1923 to 1929)
Robert T. Kiyosaki photo
Ronald Reagan photo

“Of the four wars in my lifetime, none came about because the U. S. was too strong.”

Ronald Reagan (1911–2004) American politician, 40th president of the United States (in office from 1981 to 1989)

“The building blocks of poetry itself are elements if fiction -fable, 'image', metaphor-all the material if the nonliteral.”

John Hollander (1929–2013) American poet

'Rhymes's Reason':a guide to English Verse Yale University Press, 1981

“We need strong, educated women to help us build a better world.”

Nick Drake (poet) (1961) British writer

Ch 6
The Rahotep series, Book 3: Egypt: The Book of Chaos (2011)

Ernesto Che Guevara photo

“To build communism it is necessary, simultaneous with the new material foundations, to build the new man and woman.”

Ernesto Che Guevara (1928–1967) Argentine Marxist revolutionary

Man and Socialism in Cuba (1965)

Yuzuru Hanyu photo

““I believe – and this is the case not only for figure skating but for other forms of art including ballet and musicals as well – that this artistry is very much based on having the correct technique and a strong foundation at the core of everything. It is upon these that the artistry is built, and without that strong foundation and that basis in technique, it is not possible to have that full artistry required as well.””

Yuzuru Hanyu (1994) Japanese figure skater (1994-)

Source: Original: (ja) たとえばバレエとかミュージカルとかもそうですけれども、芸術というのは、明らかに正しい技術、徹底された基礎によって裏付けされた表現力、芸術であって、それが足りないと芸術にはならないと僕は思っています。

Source: Interview at the Foreign Correspondence Club of Japan from 27 February 2018
https://quotepark.com/authors/yuzuru-hanyu/

Deb Caletti photo
Vladimir Putin photo

Related topics