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

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

There is nothing true anywhere, The true is nowhere to be seen; If you say you see the true, This seeing is not the true one.

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

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.

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.

Truth suffers from too much analysis.

When the choice is to be right or to be kind, always make the choice that brings peace

A conscience without God is like a court without a judge.

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

Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.

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

The truth may be out there, but the lies are inside your head.

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

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

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

Do not be afraid to take a chance on peace, to teach peace, to live peace...Peace will be the last word of history.

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

The happiness of society is the end of government.

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

Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth.