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

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

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

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.

Truth is ever to be found in the simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things.

In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.

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

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

The happiness of society is the end of government.

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.

Peace is not something you wish for; it is something you make, something you are, something you do, and something you give away.

Peace at home is peace in the country. Peace in the country is peace in the world.

I quote others only to better express myself.

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

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

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

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

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.

Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.

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