Rats and roaches live by competition under the laws of supply and demand; it is the privilege of human beings to live under the laws of justice and mercy.

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

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

It is the nature of truth in general, as of some ores in particular, to be richest when most superficial.

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

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

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

The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection.

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

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.

Inside every cynical person, there is a disappointed idealist

If someone thinks that peace and love are just a cliche that must have been left behind in the 60s, that's a problem. Peace and love are eternal.

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.

Art is the lie that enables us to realize 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.

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.

There is nothing so powerful as truth - and often nothing so strange.

The most dangerous untruths are truths slightly distorted.

Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly.

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

Lies run sprints, but the truth runs marathons.