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.

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

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

Only enemies speak the truth; friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty.

Truth suffers from too much analysis.

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

If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things.

Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth.

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

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

I quote others only to better express myself.

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

The past is but the beginning of a beginning, and all that is and has been is but the twilight of the dawn.

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

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

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.

Love truth, but pardon error.

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

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

The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool.

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.