The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple.
Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.
Strive always to excel in virtue and truth.
I can feel guilty about the past, apprehensive about the future, but only in the present can I act. The ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness.
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.
Peace begins with a smile..
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.
Truth is a tendency.
If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace.
Tell the truth boldly, whether it hurts or not. Never pander to weakness. If truth is too much for intelligent people and sweeps them away, let them go; the sooner the better.
The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection.
Peace is not something you wish for; it is something you make, something you are, something you do, and something you give away.
It is not worthy of a speaker of truth to curse people.
Everything should be as simple as it is, but not simpler.
Lies run sprints, but the truth runs marathons.
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.
If we cannot end now our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity.
The meaning of peace is the absence of opposition to socialism.
The past is but the beginning of a beginning, and all that is and has been is but the twilight of the dawn.
Of life's two chief prizes, beauty and truth, I found the first in a loving heart and the second in a laborer's hand.