A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.

It is not worthy of a speaker of truth to curse people.

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.

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

Where ignorance is our master, there is no possibility of real peace.

Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly.

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

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

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

The past is but the beginning of a beginning, and all that is and has been is but the twilight of the dawn.

I quote others only to better express myself.

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

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