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

Only enemies speak the truth; friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty.

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.

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

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

The truth is found when men are free to pursue it.

Don't keep a man guessing too long - he's sure to find the answer somewhere else

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

Peace is always beautiful.

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

I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it is for or against. I'm a human being, first and foremost, and as such I'm for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.

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

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.

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

It is the nature of truth in general, as of some ores in particular, to be richest when most superficial.

There is nothing so powerful as truth - and often nothing so strange.

Establishing lasting peace is the work of education; all politics can do is keep us out of war.

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

Inside every cynical person, there is a disappointed idealist