I pass with relief from the tossing sea of Cause and Theory to the firm ground of Result and Fact.

Winston Churchill · The Malakand Field Force (1898)

One must never be discouraged by defeats in one’s youth, but continue to learn throughout one’s whole life.

Winston Churchill · University of Oslo, 12 May 1948

Outside, the storms of war may blow and the lands may be lashed with the fury of its gales, but in our own hearts this Sunday morning there is peace. Our hands may be active, but our consciences are at rest.

Winston Churchill · House of Commons, 3 September 1939

The whole can cry a dismal cacophonous chorus of stinking fish all round the world.

Winston Churchill · The source reads: “A handful of Members can fill a couple of days’ debate with disparaging charges against our war effort, and every ardent or disaffected section of the Press can take it up, and the whole can cry a dismal cacophonous chorus of stinking fish all round the world.” · House of Commons, 29 July 1941

More Truth Quotes

Truth hath a quiet breast.

William Shakespeare · King Richard II (1595), I, iii

Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions that differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even incapable of forming such opinions.

Albert Einstein · An aphorism written for Leo Baeck's eightieth birthday, 1953.

The truth doesn't fit into one heart, into one mind; truth is somehow splintered.

Svetlana Alexievich · The source reads: “It always troubled me that the truth doesn't fit into one heart, into one mind, that truth is somehow splintered. There's a lot of it, it is varied, and it is strewn about the world.” · Nobel Lecture (2015)

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“I pass with relief from the tossing sea of Cause and Theory to the firm ground of Result and Fact.”

“One must never be discouraged by defeats in one’s youth, but continue to learn throughout one’s whole life.”

“Outside, the storms of war may blow and the lands may be lashed with the fury of its gales, but in our own hearts this Sunday morning there is peace. Our hands may be active, but our consciences are at rest.”

“The whole can cry a dismal cacophonous chorus of stinking fish all round the world.”

“Truth hath a quiet breast.”

“Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions that differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even incapable of forming such opinions.”

“The truth doesn't fit into one heart, into one mind; truth is somehow splintered.”