"We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men."

"The test of character in leadership is how one behaves in moments of unvarnished power. Reflect upon this whenever doubt clouds your horizon — an essential principle for the reflective life."

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

"If you have embraced a creed which appears to be free from the ordinary dirtiness of politics - a creed from which you yourself cannot expect to draw any material advantage - surely that proves that you are in the right?"

"The infliction of cruelty with a good conscience is a delight to moralists. That is why they invented Hell."

"I'm happy being myself, which I've never been before. I always hid in other people, or tried to find myself through the characters, or live out their lives, but I didn't have those things in mine."

"The darkest nights often reveal that the purest joy is found in giving without expectation."

"A smile abroad is often a scowl at home."