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

Those who cry the loudest are not always the ones who are hurt the most.

Sometimes the truth hurts. And sometimes it feels real good.

The truth. It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and must therefore be treated with great caution.

If we cannot end now our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity.

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

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

Adversity is the first path to truth.

Rats and roaches live by competition under the laws of supply and demand; it is the privilege of human beings to live under the laws of justice and mercy.

Never apologise for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologise for the truth.

The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple.

Truth is ever to be found in the simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things.

The most dangerous untruths are truths slightly distorted.

Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't.

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.

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

Everything should be as simple as it is, but not simpler.

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

The victor will never be asked if he told the truth.

Peace is not something you wish for; it is something you make, something you are, something you do, and something you give away.

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