"To see what is in front of one's nose needs a constant struggle."

"If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face—for ever."

"He who controls the past controls the future. He who controls the present controls the past."

"The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which."

"The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection."