To know and not to know, to be conscious of complete truthfulne­ss while telling carefully constructe­d lies, to hold simultaneo­usly two opinions which cancelled out, knowing them to be contradict­ory and believing in both of them, to use logic against logic, to repudiate morality while laying claim to it, to believe that democracy was impossible and that the Party was the guardian of democracy.

It is brought home to you...that it is only because miners sweat their guts out that superior persons can remain superior.

In my opinion nothing has contributed more to the corruption of the original idea of socialism as the belief that Russia is a socialist country.

Every war, when it comes, or before it comes, is represented not as a war but as an act of self-defense against a homicidal maniac.

By revolution we become more ourselves, not less.

If you have no money, men won't care for you, women won't love you; won't, that is, care for you or love you the last little bit that matters.

If you loved someone, you loved him, and when you had nothing else to give, you still gave him love.