I do not want the peace which passeth understanding, I want the understanding which bringeth peace.

Truth suffers from too much analysis.

Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly.

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.

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

Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth; the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence.

The victor will never be asked if he told the truth.

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

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.

A faith that cannot survive collision with the truth is not worth many regrets.

The truth may be out there, but the lies are inside your head.

Adversity is the first path to truth.

There's a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can obscure truth.

The purpose of argument is to change the nature of truth.

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

Never apologise for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologise for the truth.

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.

Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.

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.