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

If you're not ready to die for it, take the word 'freedom' out of your vocabulary.

Peace is not something you wish for; it is something you make, something you are, something you do, and something you give away.

The happiness of society is the end of government.

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

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

Love truth, but pardon error.

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

Peace is always beautiful.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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