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

If you're not ready to die for it, take the word 'freedom' out of your vocabulary.

When the choice is to be right or to be kind, always make the choice that brings peace

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

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

The truth is not for all men but only for those who seek it.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

To love truth for truth's sake is the principal part of human perfection in this world, and the seed-plot of all other virtues.

Strive always to excel in virtue and truth.

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

Never apologise for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologise for the truth.

It is not truth that matters, but victory

There is nothing so powerful as truth - and often nothing so strange.

Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.

The truth is more important than the facts.

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