George Orwell on goodness
George Orwell105 quotes“On the whole, human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time.”
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The past was erased, the erasure was forgotten, the lie became the truth.
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George OrwellGeorge Orwell True freedom is the right to say something that others don’t want to hear.
George OrwellGeorge Orwell We shall meet in the place where there is no darkness.
George OrwellGeorge Orwell Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play.
George OrwellGeorge Orwell Rich people are poor people with money.
George OrwellGeorge Orwell Politics is the choice between the lesser of two evils.
George OrwellGeorge Orwell Perhaps one did not want to be loved so much as to be understood.
George OrwellGeorge Orwell Nothing was your own except the few cubic centimetres inside your skull.
George OrwellGeorge Orwell Let’s face it: our lives are miserable, laborious, and short.
George OrwellGeorge Orwell But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.
George OrwellGeorge Orwell Patriotism has nothing to do with Conservatism.
George OrwellGeorge Orwell The object of power is power.
George OrwellGeorge Orwell Confession is not betrayal. What you say or do doesn’t matter; only feelings matter. If they could make me stop loving you-that would be the real betrayal.
George OrwellGeorge Orwell War against a foreign country only happens when the moneyed classes think they are going to profit from it.
George OrwellGeorge Orwell We do not merely destroy our enemies; we change them.
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M.K. StandbyM.K. Standby I found him in all the chaos, and that was when my world started making sense again.
MoomerMoomer The judgement that people cast on you for how you do or do not appear is nothing more than just a projection of their own wounds.
Taj AroraTaj Arora Be grateful for what you have now, even if it’s not everything you wanted.
Sonia SabnisSonia Sabnis It seems strange how we look in the same mirror, yet what stares back, is so painfully different.
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People are good. No matter what. Beneath the rage and fear lies a wounded heart. We must do what we can do to heal it.
Iestyn TudorIestyn Tudor I don’t think I’m a bad guy from Dagestan. I think I’m a good guy from Dagestan. But for my opponents, for sure, I’m a bad guy because when I go to the cage every time, I smash my opponents.
Khabib NurmagomedovKhabib Nurmagomedov When you make feeling good a priority, that magnificent frequency will radiate and touch everyone close to you.
Rhonda ByrneRhonda Byrne Barack Obama makes me feel good to be a black man.
Snoop DoggSnoop Dogg Also, when I started racing he knew a lot of people and it was more easy for me to find the first bike, so I have a good chance for sure.
Valentino RossiValentino Rossi If you’re able to help some people and make them smile and make them realize that life is good, then that’s worth so much more than buying a pair of shoes.
Maria SharapovaMaria Sharapova Listen; there’s a hell of a good universe next door: let’s go.
E. E. CummingsE. E. Cummings Whoever plays well on a given day, that player wins.
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