Fear Quotes by George Orwell

“Room 101,’ he said.”

— George Orwell

A peace that was truly permanent would be the same as a permanent war.

— George Orwell

“No emotion was pure, because everything was mixed up with fear and hatred.”

— George Orwell

One wants to live, of course, indeed one only stays alive by virtue of the fear of death.

— George Orwell

“His function is to act as a focusing point for love, fear, and reverence, emotions which are more easily felt towards an…

— George Orwell

“You could not have pure love or pure lust nowadays. No emotion was pure, because everything was mixed up with fear and…

— George Orwell

“And yet the rage that one felt was an abstract, undirected emotion which could be switched from one object to another like…

— George Orwell

Today there were fear, hatred, and pain, but no dignity of emotion, no deep or complex sorrows.

— George Orwell

“The old civilizations claimed that they were founded on love or justice. Ours is founded upon hatred. In our world there will…

— George Orwell

“One wants to live, of course, indeed one only stays alive by virtue of the fear of death, but I think, as…

— George Orwell

“He thought with a kind of astonishment of the biological uselessness of pain and fear, the treachery of the human body which…

— George Orwell

“Even the humblest Party member is expected to be competent, industrious and even intelligent within narrow limits, but it is also necessary…

— George Orwell

“He thought with a kind of astonishment of the biological uselessness of pain and fear, the treachery of the human body which…

— George Orwell

“The old civilizations claimed that they were founded on love or justice. Ours is founded upon hatred. In our world there will…

— George Orwell

The Party is not concerned with perpetuating its blood but with perpetuating itself. WHO wields power is not important, provided that the…

— George Orwell

Anyone who challenges the prevailing orthodoxy finds himself silenced with surprising effectiveness. A genuinely unfashionable opinion is almost never given a fair…

— George Orwell

The major problem of our time is the decay in the belief in personal immortality, and it cannot be dealt with while…

— George Orwell

Sometimes they threaten you with something - something you can't stand up to, can't even think about. And then you say, Don't…

— George Orwell

“He thought with a kind of astonishment of the biological uselessness of pain and fear, the treachery of the human body which…

— George Orwell

A hideous ecstasy of fear and vindictiveness, a desire to kill, to torture, to smash faces in with a sledge hammer, seemed…

— George Orwell

“...for everyone there is something unendurable - something that cannot be contemplated. Courage and cowardice are not involved. If you are falling…

— George Orwell

A plongeur is a slave, and a wasted slave, doing stupid and largely unnecessary work. He is kept at work, ultimately, because…

— George Orwell

Even the humblest Party member is expected to be competent, industrious, and even intelligent within narrow limits, but it is also necessary…

— George Orwell

“OBEDIENCE IS NOT ENOUGH. Unless he is suffering, how can you be sure that he is obeying your will and not his…

— George Orwell

Ignorance and prejudice are the ballast of our ship of state - however, ships without ballast are not seaworthy and cannot sail…

— George Orwell

From the proletarians nothing is to be feared. Left to themselves, they will continue from generation to generation and from century to…

— George Orwell

It is impossible to found a civilization on fear and hatred and cruelty. It would never endure.' 'Why not?' 'It would have…

— George Orwell

But you could not have pure love or pure lust nowadays. No emotion was pure, because everything was mixed up with fear…

— George Orwell

I am afraid of death. You are young, so presumably you're more afraid of it than I am. Obviously we shall put…

— George Orwell

“He wondered about the people in houses like those. They would be, for example, small clerks, shop-assistants, commercial travellers, insurance touts, tram…

— George Orwell

“He thought with a kind of astonishment of the biological uselessness of pain and fear, the treachery of the human body which…

— George Orwell

“Fear of the mob is a superstitious fear. It is based on the idea that there is some mysterious, fundamental difference between…

— George Orwell

“As soon as fear, hatred, jealousy and power worship are involved, the sense of reality becomes unhinged. And ... the sense of…

— George Orwell