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.

Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.

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

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

The happiness of society is the end of government.

If you have no critics you'll likely have no success.

I do not want the peace which passeth understanding, I want the understanding which bringeth peace.

The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

The truth is more important than the facts.

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

Truth suffers from too much analysis.