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

It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.

I quote others only to better express myself.

Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.

The most dangerous untruths are truths slightly distorted.

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

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

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

Sometimes the truth hurts. And sometimes it feels real good.

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.

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

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

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

It isn't enough to talk about peace; one must believe in it. And it isn't enough to believe in it; one must work at it.

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.

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

There is no 'way to peace,' there is only 'peace.

One can not reflect in streaming water. Only those who know internal peace can give it to others.

If you have no critics you'll likely have no success.

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.

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