In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.

I hope that real love and truth are stronger in the end than any evil or misfortune in the world.

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

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

Love truth, but pardon error.

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.

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.

Those who cry the loudest are not always the ones who are hurt the most.

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

Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't.

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.

Truth, like light blind. Falsehood, on the contrary, is a beautiful twilight that enhances every object.

The most dangerous untruths are truths slightly distorted.

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.

Don't keep a man guessing too long - he's sure to find the answer somewhere else

If we cannot end now our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity.

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

Everything should be as simple as it is, but not simpler.

Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth.

The practice of forgiveness is our most important contribution to the healing of the world.

Sometimes the truth hurts. And sometimes it feels real good.