I Like to Collect Quotes
[b][u]Favourite Quotes by George Orwell[/u][/b]
[b][u]1984[/u][/b]
[quote][i]We control matter because we control the mind. Reality is inside the skull.[/i][/quote]
* [i]Freedom is the freedom to say two plus two is four. If that is granted, all else follows.[/i]
* [i]What the party wants: "a nation of warriors and fanatics, marching forward in perfect unity, all thinking the same thoughts and shouting the same slogans, perpetually working, fighting, triumphing, persecuting - three hundred million people all with the same face."[/i]
* [i]She only questioned the teachings of the Party when they in some way touched upon her own life. Often she was ready to accept the official mythology, simply because the difference between truth and falsehood did not seem important to her.[/i]
* [i]The terrible thing that the Party had done was to persuade you that mere impulses, mere feelings, were of no account, while at the same time robbing you of all power over the material world.[/i]
* [i]The consciousness of being at war, and therefore in danger, makes the handing-over of all power to a small caste seem the natural, unavoidable condition of survival.[/i]
* [i]It was the product of a mind similar to his own, but enormously more powerful, more systematic, less fear-ridden. The best books, he perceived, are those that tell you what you know already.[/i]
* [i]The essential act of the Party is to use conscious deception while retaining the firmness of purpose that goes with complete honesty.[/i]
* [i]It was like swimming against a current that swept you backwards however hard you struggled, and then suddenly deciding to turn round and go with the current instead of opposing it. Nothing had changed except your own attitude; the predestined thing happened in any case.[/i]
[b][u]Animal Farm[/u][/b]
* [i]All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others.[/i]
[b][u]1984[/u][/b]
[quote][i]We control matter because we control the mind. Reality is inside the skull.[/i][/quote]
* [i]Freedom is the freedom to say two plus two is four. If that is granted, all else follows.[/i]
* [i]What the party wants: "a nation of warriors and fanatics, marching forward in perfect unity, all thinking the same thoughts and shouting the same slogans, perpetually working, fighting, triumphing, persecuting - three hundred million people all with the same face."[/i]
* [i]She only questioned the teachings of the Party when they in some way touched upon her own life. Often she was ready to accept the official mythology, simply because the difference between truth and falsehood did not seem important to her.[/i]
* [i]The terrible thing that the Party had done was to persuade you that mere impulses, mere feelings, were of no account, while at the same time robbing you of all power over the material world.[/i]
* [i]The consciousness of being at war, and therefore in danger, makes the handing-over of all power to a small caste seem the natural, unavoidable condition of survival.[/i]
* [i]It was the product of a mind similar to his own, but enormously more powerful, more systematic, less fear-ridden. The best books, he perceived, are those that tell you what you know already.[/i]
* [i]The essential act of the Party is to use conscious deception while retaining the firmness of purpose that goes with complete honesty.[/i]
* [i]It was like swimming against a current that swept you backwards however hard you struggled, and then suddenly deciding to turn round and go with the current instead of opposing it. Nothing had changed except your own attitude; the predestined thing happened in any case.[/i]
[b][u]Animal Farm[/u][/b]
* [i]All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others.[/i]
