One can not reflect in streaming water. Only those who know internal peace can give it to others.
The monotony and solitude of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind.
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 is a tendency.
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.
The truth. It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and must therefore be treated with great caution.
Establishing lasting peace is the work of education; all politics can do is keep us out of war.
The truth is found when men are free to pursue it.
I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they're right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.
I hope that real love and truth are stronger in the end than any evil or misfortune in the world.
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.
I believe we are here on the planet Earth to live, grow up and do what we can to make this world a better place for all people to enjoy freedom.
Truth can never be told so as to be understood and not be believed.
Lies run sprints, but the truth runs marathons.
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.
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.
The happiness of society is the end of government.
In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
If you have no critics you'll likely have no success.
Truth suffers from too much analysis.