I do not want the peace which passeth understanding, I want the understanding which bringeth peace.
The monotony and solitude of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind.
If someone thinks that peace and love are just a cliche that must have been left behind in the 60s, that's a problem. Peace and love are eternal.
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.
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 victor will never be asked if he told the truth.
There is no 'way to peace,' there is only 'peace.
Love truth, but pardon error.
Comfort is no test of truth. Truth is often far from being comfortable.
It is the nature of truth in general, as of some ores in particular, to be richest when most superficial.
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.
Sometimes the truth hurts. And sometimes it feels real good.
Adversity is the first path to truth.
In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
The truth is more important than the facts.
Never apologise for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologise for the truth.
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.
The truth may be out there, but the lies are inside your head.
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.
Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.
Inside every cynical person, there is a disappointed idealist