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Belief Quotes by George Orwell
- In my opinion nothing has contributed more to the corruption of the original idea of socialism as the belief that Russia is a socialist country.
- The point is that we are all capable of believing things which we know to be untrue, and then, when we are finally proved wrong,…
- At any given moment there is an orthodoxy, a body of ideas of which it is assumed that all right-thinking people will accept without question.…
- There are some things only intellectuals are crazy enough to believe.
- Sooner or later a false belief bumps up against solid reality, usually on a battlefield.
- It reminded us that propaganda in some form or other lurks in every book, that every work of art has a meaning and a purpose…
- In my opinion, nothing has contributed so much to the corruption of the original idea of socialism as the belief that Russia is a socialist…
- Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them.
- Myths which are believed in tend to become true.
- The secret of rulership is to combine a belief in one’s own infallibility with a power to learn from past mistakes.
- Perhaps a lunatic was simply a minority of one. At one time it had been a sign of madness to believe that the Earth goes…
- Power-worship blurs political judgment because it leads, almost unavoidably, to the belief that present trends will continue. Whoever is winning at the moment will always…
More Belief Quotes
- Strong beliefs win strong men, and then make them stronger. — Richard Bach
- And above all things, never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that… — Isaac Asimov
- Another belief of mine; that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise. — Margaret Atwood
- I'm a strict, strict agnostic. It's very different from a casual, 'I don't know.' It's that you cannot present as knowledge something… — Margaret Atwood
- No poet or novelist wishes he were the only one who ever lived, but most of them wish they were the only… — Wystan Hugh Auden
- All works of art are commissioned in the sense that no artist can create one by a simple act of will but… — Wystan Hugh Auden
- If you believe what you like in the gospels, and reject what you don't like, it is not the gospel you believe,… — Saint Augustine
- Seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand. — Saint Augustine
- It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live. — Marcus Aurelius
- It will, I believe, be everywhere found, that as the clergy are, or are not what they ought to be, so are… — Jane Austen
- Don't believe what your eyes are telling you. All they show is limitation. Look with your understanding, find out what you already… — Richard Bach
- The mark of your ignorance is the depth of your belief in injustice and tragedy. What the caterpillar calls the end of… — Richard Bach