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.

Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.

Love truth, but pardon error.

Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth; the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence.

Lies run sprints, but the truth runs marathons.

No one lights a lamp and puts it in a place where it will be hidden, or under a bowl. Instead he puts it on its stand, so that those who come in may see the light.

When the choice is to be right or to be kind, always make the choice that brings peace

If you're gonna be two-faced at least make one of them pretty.

Where ignorance is our master, there is no possibility of real peace.

Truth suffers from too much analysis.

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

A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent.

I AM IGNORANT of absolute truth. But I am humble before my ignorance and therein lies my honor and my reward.

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

Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth.

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 practice of forgiveness is our most important contribution to the healing of the world.

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

The happiness of society is the end of government.

It is not worthy of a speaker of truth to curse people.