If one is to rule, and to continue ruling, one must be able to dislocate the sense of reality.

Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.

We know that no one ever seizes power with the intention of relinquishing it.

War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.

But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.

Being in a minority, even in a minority of one, did not make you mad. There was truth and there was untruth, and if you clung to the truth even against the whole world, you were not mad.

The best books... are those that tell you what you know already.

Reality is inside the skull.

Of pain you could wish only one thing: that it should stop. Nothing in the world was so bad as physical pain. In the face of pain there are no heroes.

Reality exists in the human mind, and nowhere else.

If you want to keep a secret, you must also hide it from yourself.

The problem with doing nothing is that you never know when you're finished.

Always do what is right not what is convenient. This will reflect your love and kindness for humanity.

Nothing can replace confidence and single-minded pursuit of purpose.

It's now what enters men's mouths that's evil. It's what comes out of their mouths that is.

You will kill 10 of our men, and we will kill 1 of yours, and in the end it will be you who tire of it.

That's a shame. I'm sure somebody, somewhere, cares.

With age, life becomes complex and difficult, often fraught with risk on several levels, from the practical to the fiscal.

I always played a soldier, sailor, or policemen.

I've had to calm down, I have a kid! It is amazing. It's the best thing ever. Nothing better than it.

Every answer will make more questions