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

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

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.

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

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

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.

Love truth, but pardon error.

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

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

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

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

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

I quote others only to better express myself.

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

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

A first rate soup is better than a second rate painting.

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

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.

How dreadful knowledge of the truth can be when there's no help in the truth.

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

The meaning of peace is the absence of opposition to socialism.