The truth is found when men are free to pursue it.
A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.
Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly.
Those who cry the loudest are not always the ones who are hurt the most.
It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.
Establishing lasting peace is the work of education; all politics can do is keep us out of war.
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.
Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.
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.
There is nothing so powerful as truth - and often nothing so strange.
If you have no critics you'll likely have no success.
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
I AM IGNORANT of absolute truth. But I am humble before my ignorance and therein lies my honor and my reward.
The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple.
One can not reflect in streaming water. Only those who know internal peace can give it to others.
Never apologise for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologise for the truth.
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.
The purpose of argument is to change the nature of truth.
The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool.
Love truth, but pardon error.