Inside every cynical person, there is a disappointed idealist

Truth can never be told so as to be understood and not be believed.

If you're not ready to die for it, take the word 'freedom' out of your vocabulary.

The past is but the beginning of a beginning, and all that is and has been is but the twilight of the dawn.

Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.

The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection.

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

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.

One can not reflect in streaming water. Only those who know internal peace can give it to others.

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

If we cannot end now our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity.

Everything should be as simple as it is, but not simpler.

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.

To be honest, one must be inconsistent.

Man is always prey to his truths. Once he has admitted them, he cannot free himself from them.

The most dangerous untruths are truths slightly distorted.

It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.

Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't.

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

The truth may be out there, but the lies are inside your head.

I quote others only to better express myself.