Rats and roaches live by competition under the laws of supply and demand; it is the privilege of human beings to live under the laws of justice and mercy.
If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace.
No one lights a lamp and puts it in a place where it will be hidden, or under a bowl. Instead he puts it on its stand, so that those who come in may see the light.
It takes a certain ingenuous faith- but I have it -to believe that people who read and reflect more likely than not come to judge things with liberality and truth.
The past is but the beginning of a beginning, and all that is and has been is but the twilight of the dawn.
Everything should be as simple as it is, but not simpler.
The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool.
It is truth that liberates, not your effort to be free.
I hope that real love and truth are stronger in the end than any evil or misfortune in the world.
Truth is a tendency.
I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it is for or against. I'm a human being, first and foremost, and as such I'm for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.
If someone thinks that peace and love are just a cliche that must have been left behind in the 60s, that's a problem. Peace and love are eternal.
Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth; the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence.
One can not reflect in streaming water. Only those who know internal peace can give it to others.
To be honest, one must be inconsistent.
The truth is not for all men but only for those who seek it.
Lies run sprints, but the truth runs marathons.
Truth suffers from too much analysis.
Love truth, but pardon error.
I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they're right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.
If we cannot end now our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity.
