"Society has always seemed to demand a..." - Quote by George Orwell

“Public opinion, because of the tremendous urge to conformity in gregarious animals, is less tolerant than any system of law.”

“I sometimes think that the price of liberty is not so much eternal vigilance as eternal dirt.”

“Napoleon is always right.”

“There is no talent so ardently supported, nor generously rewarded, as the ability to convince parasites they are victims.”

“Man has regarded woman as his tool. She has learnt to be his tool and in the end found it is easy and pleasurable to be such, because when one drags another in his fall, the descent is easy.”

“The universe seems bankrupt as soon as we begin to discuss the characters of individuals.”

“When I said I would die a bachelor, I did not think I should live till I were married.”

“When you drop your expectations that a person, a situation, a place, or an object should fulfill you, it's easier to be present in this moment because you're no longer looking to the next one. Most people want to get what they want, whereas the secret is to want what you get at this moment.”

“One day the absurdity of the almost universal human belief in the slavery of other animals will be palpable. We shall then have discovered our souls and become worthier of sharing this planet with them.”