One can love a child, perhaps, more deeply than one can love another adult, but it is rash to assume that the child feels any love in return.

Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy. Whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings, is a friend.

You are a slow learner, Winston." "How can I help it? How can I help but see what is in front of my eyes? Two and two are four." "Sometimes, Winston. Sometimes they are five. Sometimes they are three. Sometimes they are all of them at once. You must try harder. It is not easy to become sane.

The whole idea of revenge and punishment is a childish day-dream. Properly speaking, there is no such thing as revenge. Revenge is an act which you want to commit when you are powerless and because you are powerless: as soon as the sense of impotence is removed, the desire evaporates also.

Windmill or no windmill, he said, life would go on as it had always gone on--that is, badly.

The more intelligent, the less sane

A humanitarian is always a hypocrite.