The way to make a million dollars is to start a religion.
GEORGE ORWELLOf pain you could wish only one thing: that it should stop. Nothing in the world was so bad as physical pain. In the face of pain there are no heroes.
More George Orwell Quotes
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During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.
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I do not wish to comment on the work; if it does not speak for itself, it is a failure.
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The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection.
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On the whole human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time.
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Let’s face it: our lives are miserable, laborious, and short.
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Power is in tearing human minds to pieces and putting them together again in new shapes of your own choosing.
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In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
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Until they become conscious they will never rebel, and until after they have rebelled they cannot become conscious.
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Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one’s mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them.
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The real division is not between conservatives and revolutionaries but between authoritarians and libertarians.
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Reality exists in the human mind, and nowhere else.
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Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.
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If you can feel that staying human is worth while, even when it can’t have any result whatever, you’ve beaten them.
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We do not merely destroy our enemies; we change them.
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On the whole, human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time.
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