The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection.
A faith that cannot survive collision with the truth is not worth many regrets.
The most dangerous untruths are truths slightly distorted.
A first rate soup is better than a second rate painting.
The monotony and solitude of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind.
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.
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.
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 AM IGNORANT of absolute truth. But I am humble before my ignorance and therein lies my honor and my reward.
It is not worthy of a speaker of truth to curse people.
The past is but the beginning of a beginning, and all that is and has been is but the twilight of the dawn.
If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.
I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they're right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.
Anyone who doesn't take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either.
Peace is always beautiful.
Man is always prey to his truths. Once he has admitted them, he cannot free himself from them.
Peace is not something you wish for; it is something you make, something you are, something you do, and something you give away.
Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't.
Truth suffers from too much analysis.
The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool.
Those who cry the loudest are not always the ones who are hurt the most.
