The happiness of society is the end of government.

If you're gonna be two-faced at least make one of them pretty.

The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple.

The past is but the beginning of a beginning, and all that is and has been is but the twilight of the dawn.

A conscience without God is like a court without a judge.

Inside every cynical person, there is a disappointed idealist

When the choice is to be right or to be kind, always make the choice that brings peace

If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace.

It is not worthy of a speaker of truth to curse people.

The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool.

Do not be afraid to take a chance on peace, to teach peace, to live peace...Peace will be the last word of history.

There is no 'way to peace,' there is only 'peace.

The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection.

There is nothing true anywhere, The true is nowhere to be seen; If you say you see the true, This seeing is not the true one.

I quote others only to better express myself.

The practice of forgiveness is our most important contribution to the healing of the world.

Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.

If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.

Strive always to excel in virtue and truth.

Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly.

Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.