Inspiration Quote by George Orwell — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“At any given moment there is an orthodoxy, a body of ideas of which it is assumed that all right-thinking people will accept without question. It is not exactly forbidden to say this, that or the other, but it is “not done” to say it… Anyone who challenges the prevailing orthodoxy finds himself silenced with surprising effectiveness. A genuinely unfashionable opinion is almost never given a fair hearing, either in the popular press or in the high-brow periodicals.”

“He examined the chess problem and set out the pieces. It was a tricky ending, involving a couple of knights.”

“To see what is in front of one’s nose needs a constant struggle.”

“He was a lonely ghost uttering a truth that nobody would ever hear.”

“Being in a minority, even in a minority of one, did not make you mad. There was truth and there was untruth, and if you clung to the truth even against the whole world, you were not mad.”

“It's always the women, and above all the young ones, who are the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies and nosers-out of unorthodoxy.”

“Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.”

“Smile, breathe and go slowly.”

“Truth isn't all about what actually happens but more about how what has happened is interpreted.”

“He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still.”

“Spring is a time for rebirth and the fulfilment of new life.”

“This is the final test of a gentleman: his respect for those who can be of no possible value to him.”