Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth.
Establishing lasting peace is the work of education; all politics can do is keep us out of war.
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.
If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.
There is nothing so powerful as truth - and often nothing so strange.
If you have no critics you'll likely have no success.
Don't keep a man guessing too long - he's sure to find the answer somewhere else
Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.
The past is but the beginning of a beginning, and all that is and has been is but the twilight of the dawn.
If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things.
Truth suffers from too much analysis.
The happiness of society is the end of government.
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.
It is the nature of truth in general, as of some ores in particular, to be richest when most superficial.
Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.
It takes a certain ingenuous faith- but I have it -to believe that people who read and reflect more likely than not come to judge things with liberality and truth.
The monotony and solitude of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind.
The truth may be out there, but the lies are inside your head.
The practice of forgiveness is our most important contribution to the healing of the world.
Sometimes the truth hurts. And sometimes it feels real good.
If you're gonna be two-faced at least make one of them pretty.