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

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.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

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

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

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

But the attitude of faith is to let go, and become open to truth, whatever it might turn out to be.

The meaning of peace is the absence of opposition to socialism.

I can feel guilty about the past, apprehensive about the future, but only in the present can I act. The ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness.

Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.

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

Do not be afraid to take a chance on peace, to teach peace, to live peace...Peace will be the last word of history.

Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly.

The truth is more important than the facts.

The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple.

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

Love truth, but pardon error.

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

The truth is found when men are free to pursue it.

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.

Everything should be as simple as it is, but not simpler.