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

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

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

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

Truth is on the side of the oppressed.

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

Truth, like light blind. Falsehood, on the contrary, is a beautiful twilight that enhances every object.

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.

Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly.

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.

I can feel guilty about the past, apprehensive about the future, but only in the present can I act. The ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness.

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

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

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

Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth.

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

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

The truth is not for all men but only for those who seek it.

There is nothing true anywhere, The true is nowhere to be seen; If you say you see the true, This seeing is not the true one.

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

The victor will never be asked if he told the truth.