Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.

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

I quote others only to better express myself.

If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace.

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

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

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

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

I speak the truth not so much as I would, but as much as I dare, and I dare a little more as I grow older.

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

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.

Lies run sprints, but the truth runs marathons.

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

Truth is on the side of the oppressed.

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

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

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

Peace is always beautiful.

Strive always to excel in virtue and truth.

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