That fellow seems to me to possess but one idea, and that is a wrong one.

If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking.

When we see men of worth, we should think of equaling them; when we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.

There are only two kinds of people, those who accept dogmas and know it, and those who accept dogmas and don't know it.

When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge.

Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is.

And if all others accepted the lie which the Party imposed—if all records told the same tale—then the lie passed into history and became truth.

One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea.