Sanity was statistical. It was merely a question of learning to think as they thought. George Orwell More Quotes by George Orwell More Quotes From George Orwell Early in life I had noticed that no event is ever correctly reported in a newspaper. George Orwell fake-peopleeventslife The word Fascism has now no meaning except in so far as it signifies 'something not desirable.' George Orwell desirablefascism If one harbours anywhere in one's mind a nationalistic loyalty or hatred, certain facts, although in a sense known to be true, are inadmissible. George Orwell patriotismloyaltyhatred Either we all live in a decent world, or nobody does. George Orwell decentdoeworld Many people genuinely do not want to be saints, and it is probable that some who achieve or aspire to sainthood have never felt much temptation to be human beings. George Orwell sainttemptationpeople So long as I remain alive and well I shall continue to feel strongly about prose style, to love the surface of the earth, and to take a pleasure in solid objects and scraps of useless information. George Orwell stylealivelong I'd like to start a religion. That's where the money is. George Orwell wittyfunnyreligion If you can feel that staying human is worth while, even when it can't have any practical result whatsoever, you've beaten them. George Orwell investingresultsfeels Orthodoxy means not thinking--not needing to think. Orthodoxy is unconsciousness. George Orwell orthodoxymeanthinking The planting of a tree, especially one of the long-living hardwood trees, is a gift which you can make to posterity at almost no cost and with almost no trouble, and if the tree takes root it will far outlive the visible effect of any of your other actions, good or evil. George Orwell rootsevillong He drove his mind into the abyss where poetry is written. George Orwell abysspoetry-ismind The choice before human beings, is not, as a rule, between good and evil but between two evils. George Orwell choiceseviltwo The essential act of war is destruction, not necessarily of human lives, but of the products of human labor. War is a way of shattering to pieces, or pouring into the stratosphere, or sinking in the depths of the sea, materials which might otherwise be used to make the masses too comfortable, and hence, in the long run, too intelligent. George Orwell intelligentrunningwar There are some things only intellectuals are crazy enough to believe. George Orwell crazyinspirationalbelieve If it is possible to cut a word out, always cut it out George Orwell figures-of-speechsimilecutting It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. George Orwell aprilnineteencold You must try harder. It is not easy to become sane. George Orwell hardereasytrying Man is the only creature that consumes without producing. He does not give milk, he does not lay eggs, he is too weak to pull the plough, he cannot run fast enough to catch rabbits. Yet he is lord of all the animals. George Orwell fearrunninganimal A generation of the unteachable is hanging upon us like a necklace of corpses. George Orwell corpsesnecklacesgenerations There was of course no way of knowing whether you were being watched at any given moment. How often, or on what system, the Thought Police plugged in on any individual wire was guesswork. It was even conceivable that they watched everybody all the time. But at any rate they could plug in your wire whenever they wanted to. You had to live-did live, from habit that became instinct-in the assumption that every sound you made was overheard, and, except in darkness, every movement scrutinized. George Orwell policeknowingdarkness
