The man who has anticipated the coming of troubles takes away their power when they arrive.

Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in.

Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen.

I like thinking big. If you’re going to be thinking anything, you might as well think big.

I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value.

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.

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.