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

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

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

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.

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.

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

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

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

Adversity is the first path to truth.

Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.

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

I do not want the peace which passeth understanding, I want the understanding which bringeth peace.

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

Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth.

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

Those who cry the loudest are not always the ones who are hurt the most.

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

I speak the truth not so much as I would, but as much as I dare, and I dare a little more as I grow older.

Truth suffers from too much analysis.

Inside every cynical person, there is a disappointed idealist

If someone thinks that peace and love are just a cliche that must have been left behind in the 60s, that's a problem. Peace and love are eternal.