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.
Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't.
Establishing lasting peace is the work of education; all politics can do is keep us out of war.
No matter how big the lie; repeat it often enough and the masses will regard it as the truth.
But the attitude of faith is to let go, and become open to truth, whatever it might turn out to be.
Peace is always beautiful.
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.
Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly.
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.
The monotony and solitude of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind.
I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they're right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.
A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.
Sometimes the truth hurts. And sometimes it feels real good.
Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
Strive always to excel in virtue and truth.
Love truth, but pardon error.
Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.
It is not worthy of a speaker of truth to curse people.
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.
How dreadful knowledge of the truth can be when there's no help in the truth.
Of life's two chief prizes, beauty and truth, I found the first in a loving heart and the second in a laborer's hand.