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

If you're not ready to die for it, take the word 'freedom' out of your vocabulary.

It is truth that liberates, not your effort to be free.

Adversity is the first path to truth.

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.

The happiness of society is the end of government.

A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent.

There is no 'way to peace,' there is only 'peace.

It is the nature of truth in general, as of some ores in particular, to be richest when most superficial.

There's a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can obscure truth.

To be honest, one must be inconsistent.

I quote others only to better express myself.

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

Truth suffers from too much analysis.

Peace at home is peace in the country. Peace in the country is peace in the world.

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

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

Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.

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.

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

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