The truth may be out there, but the lies are inside your head.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they're right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.

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

Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.

Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth; the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence.

Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.

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

The truth is more important than the facts.

The truth. It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and must therefore be treated with great caution.

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

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

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.

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

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

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