No one lights a lamp and puts it in a place where it will be hidden, or under a bowl. Instead he puts it on its stand, so that those who come in may see the light.

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.

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

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.

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

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

No matter how big the lie; repeat it often enough and the masses will regard it as the truth.

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

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

It is the nature of truth in general, as of some ores in particular, to be richest when most superficial.

I hope that real love and truth are stronger in the end than any evil or misfortune in the world.

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

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.

Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly.

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

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.

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

The meaning of peace is the absence of opposition to socialism.

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

A conscience without God is like a court without a judge.