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

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

Comfort is no test of truth. Truth is often far from being comfortable.

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

Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly.

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

You shall know the truth and the truth shall make you mad.

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

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

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

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

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.

The most dangerous untruths are truths slightly distorted.

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

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

Don't keep a man guessing too long - he's sure to find the answer somewhere else

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

If you're gonna be two-faced at least make one of them pretty.

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

Rats and roaches live by competition under the laws of supply and demand; it is the privilege of human beings to live under the laws of justice and mercy.

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