Question what you believe and you are closer to truth.

The only thing that stands between a man and what he wants from life is often merely the will to try it and the faith to believe that it is possible.

One who believes in himself has no need to convince others.

There are only two kinds of people, those who accept dogmas and know it, and those who accept dogmas and don't know it.

Religion is a great force—the only real motive force in the world; but what you fellows don't understand is that you must get a man through his own religion and not through yours.

Affirmation is an internal positive statement that supports an external outcome.

We signal that good can be achieved amongst human beings who are prepared to trust, prepared to believe in the goodness of people.

Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.

Man is a mental being, and to know this is the first step on the road to freedom, for as long as you believe yourself to be primarily physical, you will remain in bondage, that is to say, to your own habits of thought, for there is no other bondage.

No matter how outrageous a lie may be, it will be accepted if stated loudly enough and often enough.

Only in men's imagination does every truth find an effective and undeniable existence. Imagination, not invention, is the supreme master of art as of life.

We should seek the truth without hesitation; and, if we refuse it, we show that we value the esteem of men more than the search for truth.

It wasn't until late in life that I discovered how easy it is to say "I don't know."

Everything you say should be true but not everything true should be said.

Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is the truth.

Lie to a liar, for lies are his coin; steal from a thief, for that is easy; lay a trap for a trickster and catch him at first attempt, but beware of an honest man.

There is but one thing of real value—to cultivate truth and justice, and to live without anger in the midst of lying and unjust men.