Men can only be happy when they do not assume that the object of life is happiness. George Orwell More Quotes by George Orwell More Quotes From George Orwell The Ministry of Truth, which concerned itself with news, entertainment, education and fine arts. George Orwell memorablewarart When the white man turns tyrant, it is his own freedom that he destroys George Orwell white-mantyrantsmen It was with the last revolution and the coming of INGSOC (Inglish/English Socialism) that the latest High learnt how to keep their position permanently - by cultivating ignorance among the other classes and by constantly surveying them through the Thought Police. Part of this strategy included the maintenance of a state of continual warfare, which Goldstein discussed in the third chapter. The three major powers were not fighting this perpetual war for victory; they were fighting to keep a state of emergency always present as the surest guarantee of authoritarianism. George Orwell fightingignorancewar I always disagree, however, when people end up saying that we can only combat Communism, Fascism or what not if we develop an equal fanaticism. It appears to me that one defeats the fanatic precisely by not being a fanatic oneself, but on the contrary by using one's intelligence. George Orwell defeatcommunismpeople War is a way of shattering to pieces... materials which might otherwise be used to make the masses too comfortable and... too intelligent. George Orwell intelligentwarpeace Perhaps a lunatic was simply a minority of one. George Orwell lunaticminoritiesinsanity The stars are a free show; it don’t cost anything to use your eyes George Orwell coststarseye Tea is one of the main stays of civilization in this country. George Orwell tea-drinkingcivilizationcountry A hideous ecstasy of fear and vindictiveness, a desire to kill, to torture, to smash faces in with a sledge hammer, seemed to flow through the whole group of people like an electric current, turning one even against one's will into a grimacing, screaming lunatic. And yet the rage that one felt was an abstract, undirected emotion which could be switched from one object to another like the flame of a blowlamp. George Orwell flamesdesirepeople The slovenliness of our language makes it easier for us to have foolish thoughts. George Orwell easierlanguagefoolish Within certain limits, it is actually true that the less money you have, the less you worry. George Orwell povertylimitsworry It had become usual to give Napoleon the Credit for every Successful achievement and every stroke of good fortune. You would often hear one hen remark to another, "Under the guidance of our leader, Comrade Napoleon, I have laid five eggs in six days" or two cows, enjoying a drink at the pool, would exclaim, "thanks to the leadership of Comrade Napoleon, how excellent this water tastes!". George Orwell eggssuccessfultwo I doubt whether classical education ever has been or can be successfully carried out without corporal punishment. George Orwell punishmentdoubteducation Tragedy, he precieved, belonged to the ancient time, to a time when there were still privacy, love, and friendship, and when the members of a family stood by one another without needing to know the reason. George Orwell love-and-friendshipprivacytragedy He was an embittered atheist, the sort of atheist who does not so much disbelieve in God as personally dislike Him. George Orwell atheismatheistgod Political chaos is connected with the decay of language... one can probably bring about some improvement by starting at the verbal end. George Orwell political-languagechaosdecay Sooner or later a false belief bumps up against solid reality, usually on a battlefield. George Orwell beliefbumpsreality Of 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. George Orwell painherowish A sahib has got to act like a sahib; he has got to appear resolute, to know his own mind and do definite things. George Orwell dutymindknows Early in life I had noticed that no event is ever correctly reported in a newspaper. George Orwell fake-peopleeventslife
