Peace begins with a smile..
The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection.
Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.
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.
Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't.
But the attitude of faith is to let go, and become open to truth, whatever it might turn out to be.
Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.
A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent.
The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool.
I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it is for or against. I'm a human being, first and foremost, and as such I'm for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
Adversity is the first path to truth.
Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth.
In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
Of life's two chief prizes, beauty and truth, I found the first in a loving heart and the second in a laborer's hand.
The truth is more important than the facts.
The truth. It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and must therefore be treated with great caution.
Love truth, but pardon error.
It is not worthy of a speaker of truth to curse people.
Truth is a tendency.
Everything should be as simple as it is, but not simpler.