Establishing lasting peace is the work of education; all politics can do is keep us out of war.
Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.
The past is but the beginning of a beginning, and all that is and has been is but the twilight of the dawn.
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.
The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool.
If we cannot end now our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity.
Adversity is the first path to truth.
There is no 'way to peace,' there is only 'peace.
Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly.
If you're gonna be two-faced at least make one of them pretty.
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.
Those who cry the loudest are not always the ones who are hurt the most.
It is truth that liberates, not your effort to be free.
Peace begins with a smile..
The most dangerous untruths are truths slightly distorted.
Comfort is no test of truth. Truth is often far from being comfortable.
The monotony and solitude of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind.
Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.
It is not worthy of a speaker of truth to curse people.
Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth; the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence.
Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.
