Inside every cynical person, there is a disappointed idealist

I AM IGNORANT of absolute truth. But I am humble before my ignorance and therein lies my honor and my reward.

A faith that cannot survive collision with the truth is not worth many regrets.

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

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

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

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.

Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.

If you're gonna be two-faced at least make one of them pretty.

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

Man is always prey to his truths. Once he has admitted them, he cannot free himself from them.

It is not truth that matters, but victory

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.

A first rate soup is better than a second rate painting.

The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool.

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

There is nothing so powerful as truth - and often nothing so strange.

Truth is a tendency.

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

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