"But the thought of being a lunatic..." - Quote by George Orwell
But the thought of being a lunatic did not greatly trouble him; the horror was that he might also be wrong.
More by George Orwell
“The main motive for nonattachment is a desire to escape from the pain of living, and above all from love, which, sexual or non-sexual, is hard work.”
“Tragedy, he precieved, belonged to the ancient time, to a time when there were still privacy, love, and friendship, and when the members of a family stood by one another without needing to know the reason.”
“Tea is one of the main stays of civilization in this country.”
More on Truth
“Facts may speak for themselves.”
“If you seek what is honorable, what is good, what is the truth of your life, all the other things you could not imagine come as a matter of course.”
“There is only one duty, only one safe course, and that is to try to be right and not to fear to do or say what you believe to be right. That is the only way to deserve and to win the confidence of our great people in these days of trouble.”
More on Sanity
“There is considerable danger that a man will be crazy between dinner and supper; but it will not directly answer any good purposethat I know of, and it is just as easy to be sane.”
“Most men are within a finger's breadth of being mad.”
“and he would probably not agree with my conviction that a sense of humor is the main measure of sanity. But who can say for sure? Humor is a very private thing.”