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

The monotony and solitude of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind.

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.

The truth. It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and must therefore be treated with great caution.

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

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.

I AM IGNORANT of absolute truth. But I am humble before my ignorance and therein lies my honor and my reward.

Anyone who doesn't take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either.

Inside every cynical person, there is a disappointed idealist

Establishing lasting peace is the work of education; all politics can do is keep us out of war.

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

Truth is on the side of the oppressed.

To be honest, one must be inconsistent.

You shall know the truth and the truth shall make you mad.

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

Adversity is the first path to truth.

There is no 'way to peace,' there is only 'peace.

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

When the choice is to be right or to be kind, always make the choice that brings peace

If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace.

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