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
Pain, Suffering, Humanity, Heroism, Reality
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“All the papers that matter live off their advertisements, and the advertisers exercise an indirect censorship over news.” George Orwell
Media, Censorship, Advertising, Information, Control
George Orwell Media, Censorship, Advertising, Information, Control“Crimestop means the faculty of stopping short, as though by instinct, at the threshold of any dangerous thought. It includes the power of not grasping analogies, of failing to perceive logical errors, of misunderstanding the simplest arguments if they are inimical to Ingsoc, and of being bored or repelled by any train of thought which is capable of leading in a heretical direction. Crimestop, in short, means protective stupidity.” George Orwell
Thought, Control, Stupidity, Repression, Psychology
George Orwell Thought, Control, Stupidity, Repression, Psychology“All human relationships must be purchased with money.” George Orwell
Relationships, Money, Society, Value, Capitalism
George Orwell Relationships, Money, Society, Value, Capitalism“At any given moment there is an orthodoxy, a body of ideas which it is assumed that all right-thinking people will accept without question.” George Orwell
Conformity, Society, Thought, Belief, Orthodoxy
George Orwell Conformity, Society, Thought, Belief, Orthodoxy“All the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who are not fighting.” George Orwell
War, Propaganda, Lies, Hatred, Hypocrisy
George Orwell War, Propaganda, Lies, Hatred, Hypocrisy“He felt as though he were wandering in the forests of the sea bottom, lost in a monstrous world where he himself was the monster. He was alone. The past was dead, the future was unimaginable.” George Orwell
Isolation, Despair, Memory, Future, Alienation
George Orwell Isolation, Despair, Memory, Future, Alienation“Autobiography is only to be trusted when it reveals something disgraceful.” George Orwell
Autobiography, Truth, Honesty, Humanity, Vulnerability
George Orwell Autobiography, Truth, Honesty, Humanity, Vulnerability“My best fishing-memory is about some fish that I never caught.” George Orwell
Memory, Loss, Reflection, Experience, Nostalgia
George Orwell Memory, Loss, Reflection, Experience, Nostalgia“It is only when you meet someone of a different culture from yourself that you begin to realise what your own beliefs really are.” George Orwell
Culture, Self-Discovery, Beliefs, Perspective, Understanding
George Orwell Culture, Self-Discovery, Beliefs, Perspective, Understanding“Orthodoxy is the ability to say two and two make five when faith requires it.” George Orwell
Orthodoxy, Belief, Truth, Manipulation, Faith
George Orwell Orthodoxy, Belief, Truth, Manipulation, Faith“Let’s face it: our lives are miserable, laborious, and short.” George Orwell
Life, Reality, Suffering, Existence, Human Condition
George Orwell Life, Reality, Suffering, Existence, Human Condition“Advertising is the rattling of a stick inside a swill bucket.” George Orwell
Advertising, Perception, Society, Critique, Culture
George Orwell Advertising, Perception, Society, Critique, Culture“Perhaps a lunatic was simply a minority of one.” George Orwell
Individuality, Sanity, Society, Perception, Isolation
George Orwell Individuality, Sanity, Society, Perception, Isolation“The people will believe what the media tells them they believe.” George Orwell
Media, Belief, Influence, Propaganda, Control
George Orwell Media, Belief, Influence, Propaganda, Control“Apparently nothing will ever teach these people that the other 99 percent of the population exist.” George Orwell
Awareness, Society, Inequality, Perspective, Ignorance
George Orwell Awareness, Society, Inequality, Perspective, Ignorance“England is the most class-ridden country under the sun. It is a land of snobbery and privilege, ruled largely by the old and silly.” George Orwell
England, Class, Privilege, Society, Snobbery
George Orwell England, Class, Privilege, Society, Snobbery