A faith that cannot survive collision with the truth is not worth many regrets.

A first rate soup is better than a second rate painting.

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

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

A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.

The past is but the beginning of a beginning, and all that is and has been is but the twilight of the dawn.

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.

Don't keep a man guessing too long - he's sure to find the answer somewhere else

Establishing lasting peace is the work of education; all politics can do is keep us out of war.

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

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

Rats and roaches live by competition under the laws of supply and demand; it is the privilege of human beings to live under the laws of justice and mercy.

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

You shall know the truth and the truth shall make you mad.

I hope that real love and truth are stronger in the end than any evil or misfortune in the world.

Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth.

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.

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

No matter how big the lie; repeat it often enough and the masses will regard it as the truth.

I do not want the peace which passeth understanding, I want the understanding which bringeth peace.

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.