Most people get a fair amount of fun out of their lives, but on balance life is suffering, and only the very young or very foolish imagine otherwise

Quote by George Orwell

Topics: Balance Quotes, Youth Quotes

The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection.

The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection.

One can love a child, perhaps, more deeply than one can love another adult, but...

One can love a child, perhaps, more deeply than one can love another adult, but...

Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously, and accepting...

Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously, and accepting...

Joyce is a poet and also an elephantine pedant.

Joyce is a poet and also an elephantine pedant.

In times of universal deceit, telling the truth will be a revolutionary act.

In times of universal deceit, telling the truth will be a revolutionary act.

Patriotism is usually stronger than class hatred, and always stronger than internationalism.

Patriotism is usually stronger than class hatred, and always stronger than internationalism.

War against a foreign country only happens when the moneyed classes think they are going...

War against a foreign country only happens when the moneyed classes think they are going...

Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it,...

Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it,...

He was an embittered atheist, the sort of atheist who does not so much disbelieve...

He was an embittered atheist, the sort of atheist who does not so much disbelieve...

The atom bombs are piling up in the factories, the police are prowling through the...

The atom bombs are piling up in the factories, the police are prowling through the...

In our time, political speech and writing are largely the defense of the indefensible

In our time, political speech and writing are largely the defense of the indefensible

We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the...

We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the...

If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human...

If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human...

The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection ï¿½ that one...

The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection ï¿½ that one...

A dirty joke is a sort of mental rebellion.

A dirty joke is a sort of mental rebellion.

I doubt whether classical education ever has been or can be successfully carried out without...

I doubt whether classical education ever has been or can be successfully carried out without...

As with the Christian religion, the worst advertisement for Socialism is its adherents.

As with the Christian religion, the worst advertisement for Socialism is its adherents.

One cannot really be a Catholic and grown up.

One cannot really be a Catholic and grown up.

Oceania was at war with Eurasia; therefore Oceania had always been at war with Eurasia.

Oceania was at war with Eurasia; therefore Oceania had always been at war with Eurasia.

The Catholic and the Communist are alike in assuming that an opponent cannot be both...

The Catholic and the Communist are alike in assuming that an opponent cannot be both...