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

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

Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.

If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.

I quote others only to better express myself.

I hope that real love and truth are stronger in the end than any evil or misfortune in the world.

If you have no critics you'll likely have no success.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

There's a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can obscure truth.

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

You shall know the truth and the truth shall make you mad.

Fiction is the lie through which we tell 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 meaning of peace is the absence of opposition to socialism.

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.

Lies run sprints, but the truth runs marathons.

There is no 'way to peace,' there is only 'peace.

The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool.

The truth. It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and must therefore be treated with great caution.

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

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