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

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.

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

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

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

Inside every cynical person, there is a disappointed idealist

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

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

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

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

Tell the truth boldly, whether it hurts or not. Never pander to weakness. If truth is too much for intelligent people and sweeps them away, let them go; the sooner the better.

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.

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

A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent.

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

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

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

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

Do not be afraid to take a chance on peace, to teach peace, to live peace...Peace will be the last word of history.