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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Peace begins with a smile..

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

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

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

Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.

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

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

Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly.

Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.

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

Those who cry the loudest are not always the ones who are hurt the most.

Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth.