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

Inside every cynical person, there is a disappointed idealist

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

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

Truth is ever to be found in the simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things.

No matter how big the lie; repeat it often enough and the masses will regard it as the truth.

If we cannot end now our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity.

The happiness of society is the end of government.

Lies run sprints, but the truth runs marathons.

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

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.

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.

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

A first rate soup is better than a second rate painting.

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.

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

Truth can never be told so as to be understood and not be believed.

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

In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.

The truth is not for all men but only for those who seek it.