It is the nature of truth in general, as of some ores in particular, to be richest when most superficial.
If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace.
Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.
I AM IGNORANT of absolute truth. But I am humble before my ignorance and therein lies my honor and my reward.
Truth is ever to be found in the simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things.
If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.
The truth. It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and must therefore be treated with great caution.
Never apologise for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologise for the truth.
The past is but the beginning of a beginning, and all that is and has been is but the twilight of the dawn.
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.
The truth is found when men are free to pursue it.
If you have no critics you'll likely have no success.
The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple.
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.
Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth; the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence.
Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly.
If we cannot end now our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity.
It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.
Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.
Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.
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.