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

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

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.

Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.

I believe we are here on the planet Earth to live, grow up and do what we can to make this world a better place for all people to enjoy freedom.

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

Adversity is the first path to truth.

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

In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.

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

Of life's two chief prizes, beauty and truth, I found the first in a loving heart and the second in a laborer's hand.

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

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

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

It takes a certain ingenuous faith- but I have it -to believe that people who read and reflect more likely than not come to judge things with liberality and truth.

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

The happiness of society is the end of government.

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

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

Love truth, but pardon error.

Man is always prey to his truths. Once he has admitted them, he cannot free himself from them.