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.

Truth can never be told so as to be understood and not be believed.

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.

Truth suffers from too much analysis.

Lies run sprints, but the truth runs marathons.

Strive always to excel in virtue and truth.

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

The truth is more important than the facts.

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.

Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth.

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

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.

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

I speak the truth not so much as I would, but as much as I dare, and I dare a little more as I grow older.

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

Truth is a tendency.

Sometimes the truth hurts. And sometimes it feels real good.

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

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

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

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