Everything should be as simple as it is, but not simpler.

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

The purpose of argument is to change the nature of truth.

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

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

To love truth for truth's sake is the principal part of human perfection in this world, and the seed-plot of all other virtues.

A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.

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

Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth.

Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.

Inside every cynical person, there is a disappointed idealist

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

If you're gonna be two-faced at least make one of them pretty.

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

The truth is found when men are free to pursue it.

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.

I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it is for or against. I'm a human being, first and foremost, and as such I'm for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.

The most dangerous untruths are truths slightly distorted.

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

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

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