Inside every cynical person, there is a disappointed idealist

Don't keep a man guessing too long - he's sure to find the answer somewhere else

Adversity is the first path to truth.

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.

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

Love truth, but pardon error.

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

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

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.

Peace is always beautiful.

The practice of forgiveness is our most important contribution to the healing of the world.

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

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

Only enemies speak the truth; friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty.

Truth is a tendency.

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

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

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

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

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