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George Orwell Quotes

Biography: George Orwell is renowned for his dystopian novels "1984" and "Animal ... more Biography: George Orwell is renowned for his dystopian novels "1984" and "Animal Farm." Born Eric Arthur Blair in 1903, he critiqued totalitarianism and social injustice through his writing. Orwell's experiences as a soldier in the Spanish Civil War and a critic of oppressive regimes heavily influenced his work. less

"There are some situations from which one can only escape by acting like a devil or a lunatic"

Tags: Human nature, Ethics, Emotions, Behavior, Choices

"Political chaos is connected with the decay of language."

Tags: Communication, Society, Power, Politics, Government

"Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout of some painful illness. One would never undertake such a thing if one were not driven on by some demon whom one can neither resist nor understand."

Tags: Motivation, Inspiration, Creativity, Understanding, Writing

"The choice for mankind lies between freedom and happiness and for the great bulk of mankind, happiness is better."

Tags: Philosophy, Happiness, Human nature, Freedom, Ethics

"Sanity is not statistical."

Tags: Philosophy, Mental health, Human nature, Individuality, Freedom

"Orthodoxy means not thinking—not needing to think. Orthodoxy is unconsciousness."

Tags: Conformity, Ideology, Obedience, Dogma, Thought control

"To die hating them, that was freedom."

Tags: Philosophy, Resilience, Perseverance, Freedom, Conflict

"But it was all right, everything was all right, the struggle was finished. He had won the victory over himself. He loved Big Brother."

Tags: Freedom, Conformity, Inner conflict, Dystopia, Totalitarianism

"In the face of pain there are no heroes."

Tags: Resilience, Courage, Human nature, Strength, Humanity

"If you want to keep a secret, you must also hide it from yourself."

Tags: Self-awareness, Psychology, Mystery, Mind, Self-deception

"We shall meet in the place where there is no darkness."

Tags: Freedom, Hope, Literature, Future, Resistance

"Men can only be happy when they do not assume that the object of life is happiness."

Tags: Motivation, Philosophy, Wisdom, Self-discovery, Happiness

"If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear."

Tags: Courage, Freedom, Truth, Expression, Individualism

"The object of torture is torture. The object of power is power."

Tags: Power, Control, Authority, Oppression, Violence

"Nothing was your own except the few cubic centimeters inside your skull."

Tags: Individuality, Freedom, Consciousness, Autonomy, Privacy