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

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

The happiness of society is the end of government.

Peace is always beautiful.

A faith that cannot survive collision with the truth is not worth many regrets.

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

If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.

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

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.

There is no 'way to peace,' there is only 'peace.

Sometimes the truth hurts. And sometimes it feels real good.

Love truth, but pardon error.

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

Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.

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.

Inside every cynical person, there is a disappointed idealist

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

Establishing lasting peace is the work of education; all politics can do is keep us out of war.

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

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

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.