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

The happiness of society is the end of government.

Peace begins with a smile..

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.

Love truth, but pardon error.

Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.

The truth. It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and must therefore be treated with great caution.

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.

A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent.

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

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

Only enemies speak the truth; friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty.

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.

Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth.

Peace at home is peace in the country. Peace in the country is peace in the world.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

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

The truth is more important than the facts.

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.

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.