In all the useful arts the world is either standing still or going backwards.

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.

keep following your heart.it won't always be easy, but it'll be the most important thing you'll do.

In order to share one's true brilliance one initially has to risk looking like a fool: genius is like a wheel that spins so fast, it at first glance appears to be sitting still.

Let us have a dagger between our teeth, a bomb in our hands and an infinite scorn in our hearts.

My desire to get here [Parliament] was like miners'coal dust, it was under my fingers and I couldn't scrub it out.

We're flooding people with information. We need to feed it through a processor. A human must turn information into intelligence or knowledge.

The problem we are dealing with at the border is not a Democratic problem. It is not a Republican problem. It is an American problem.

I guess what I'm trying to say is, I'm a helluva kisser.

Life is a series of embarrassing moments which leave you feeling alone in your confusion and shame

I'm into being a dad, that's where my focus is most of the time. I'm an actor that's my job, but it's not my life. I have a lot of other interests too.

Prayer and sacrifice can touch souls better than words.