Truth is a tendency.

Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't.

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 truth that liberates, not your effort to be free.

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

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

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

The most dangerous untruths are truths slightly distorted.

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.

The monotony and solitude of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind.

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

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.

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.

Lies run sprints, but the truth runs marathons.

Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth; the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence.

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

It is the nature of truth in general, as of some ores in particular, to be richest when most superficial.

I AM IGNORANT of absolute truth. But I am humble before my ignorance and therein lies my honor and my reward.

Truth is ever to be found in the simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things.

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

Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.