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.

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

Comfort is no test of truth. Truth is often far from being comfortable.

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

The happiness of society is the end of government.

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

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

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.

The monotony and solitude of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind.

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

Truth is a tendency.

It isn't enough to talk about peace; one must believe in it. And it isn't enough to believe in it; one must work at it.

It takes a certain ingenuous faith- but I have it -to believe that people who read and reflect more likely than not come to judge things with liberality and truth.

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

Lies run sprints, but the truth runs marathons.

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

But the attitude of faith is to let go, and become open to truth, whatever it might turn out to be.

Where ignorance is our master, there is no possibility of real peace.

Those who cry the loudest are not always the ones who are hurt the most.

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

I can feel guilty about the past, apprehensive about the future, but only in the present can I act. The ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness.