Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth.
Comfort is no test of truth. Truth is often far from being comfortable.
Truth is on the side of the oppressed.
The happiness of society is the end of government.
Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't.
It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.
Peace at home is peace in the country. Peace in the country is peace in the world.
The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple.
Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly.
I do not want the peace which passeth understanding, I want the understanding which bringeth peace.
The victor will never be asked if he told 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.
Where ignorance is our master, there is no possibility of real peace.
A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent.
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 we cannot end now our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity.
Do not be afraid to take a chance on peace, to teach peace, to live peace...Peace will be the last word of history.
I hope that real love and truth are stronger in the end than any evil or misfortune in the world.
In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.