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

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

Never apologise for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologise for the truth.

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.

Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.

Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly.

Inside every cynical person, there is a disappointed idealist

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

When the choice is to be right or to be kind, always make the choice that brings peace

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

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

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

There is nothing so powerful as truth - and often nothing so strange.

Lies run sprints, but the truth runs marathons.

Do not be afraid to take a chance on peace, to teach peace, to live peace...Peace will be the last word of history.

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

If we cannot end now our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity.

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.

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.

Truth is a tendency.

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