Peace is not something you wish for; it is something you make, something you are, something you do, and something you give away.

Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.

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

Where ignorance is our master, there is no possibility of real peace.

Comfort is no test of truth. Truth is often far from being comfortable.

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

It isn't enough to talk about peace; one must believe in it. And it isn't enough to believe in it; one must work at it.

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.

A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.

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

How dreadful knowledge of the truth can be when there's no help in the truth.

Man is always prey to his truths. Once he has admitted them, he cannot free himself from them.

Never apologise for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologise for the truth.

If you have no critics you'll likely have no success.

Don't keep a man guessing too long - he's sure to find the answer somewhere else

If you're not ready to die for it, take the word 'freedom' out of your vocabulary.

If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things.

Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth.

Truth is on the side of the oppressed.

Inside every cynical person, there is a disappointed idealist

Everything should be as simple as it is, but not simpler.