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.

One can not reflect in streaming water. Only those who know internal peace can give it to others.

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

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

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

It is truth that liberates, not your effort to be free.

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

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

The most dangerous untruths are truths slightly distorted.

Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.

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

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

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

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

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

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

It isn't enough to talk about peace; one must believe in it. And it isn't enough to believe in it; one must work at it.

I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it is for or against. I'm a human being, first and foremost, and as such I'm for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.

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

Comfort is no test of truth. Truth is often far from being comfortable.

The truth is found when men are free to pursue it.