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

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

Never apologise for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologise for the truth.

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

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.

I believe we are here on the planet Earth to live, grow up and do what we can to make this world a better place for all people to enjoy freedom.

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.

Adversity is the first path to truth.

Anyone who doesn't take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either.

The truth is more important than the facts.

Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth.

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.

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

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

Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.

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

I speak the truth not so much as I would, but as much as I dare, and I dare a little more as I grow older.

If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace.

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

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