It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.

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

Truth, like light blind. Falsehood, on the contrary, is a beautiful twilight that enhances every object.

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.

It is not worthy of a speaker of truth to curse people.

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

Anyone who doesn't take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either.

The victor will never be asked if he told the truth.

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

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

Lies run sprints, but the truth runs marathons.

Peace begins with a smile..

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

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.

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.

In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.

One can not reflect in streaming water. Only those who know internal peace can give it to others.

The happiness of society is the end of government.

I quote others only to better express myself.

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

Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.