I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they're right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.
I can feel guilty about the past, apprehensive about the future, but only in the present can I act. The ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness.
If you have no critics you'll likely have no success.
Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly.
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.
The truth is found when men are free to pursue it.
Do not be afraid to take a chance on peace, to teach peace, to live peace...Peace will be the last word of history.
Adversity is the first path to truth.
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
I do not want the peace which passeth understanding, I want the understanding which bringeth peace.
Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.
If we cannot end now our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity.
Truth, like light blind. Falsehood, on the contrary, is a beautiful twilight that enhances every object.
Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you 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.
If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things.
Establishing lasting peace is the work of education; all politics can do is keep us out of war.
Comfort is no test of truth. Truth is often far from being comfortable.
One can not reflect in streaming water. Only those who know internal peace can give it to others.
I hope that real love and truth are stronger in the end than any evil or misfortune in the world.
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.
