People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf. - George Orwell
On the whole human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time. - George Orwell
If you can feel that staying human is worthwhile, even when it can t have any result whatever, you've beaten them - George Orwell
A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves, and traitors are not victims, but accomplices. - George Orwell
The distinguishing mark of a man is the hand, the instrument with which he does all his mischief. - George Orwell
In general, the greater the understanding, the greater the delusion; the more intelligent, the less sane. - George Orwell
Prayer is not asking. Prayer is putting oneself in the hands of God, at His disposition, and listening to His voice in the depth of our hearts.
Being unwanted, unloved, uncared for, forgotten by everybody, I think that is a much greater hunger, a much greater poverty than the person who has nothing to eat.
Do not think that love, in order to be genuine, has to be extraordinary. What we need is to love without getting tired.
Everybody today seems to be in such a terrible rush, anxious for greater developments and greater riches and so on, so that children have very little time for their parents. Parents have very little time for each other, and in the home begins the disruption of peace of the world.
