“There is hardly such a thing as a war in which it makes no difference who wins. Nearly always one side stands more of less for progress, the other side more or less for reaction.”
War“I doubt whether classical education ever has been or can be successfully carried out without corporal punishment.”
Education“There is hardly such a thing as a war in which it makes no difference who wins. Nearly always one side stands more of less for progress, the other side more or less for reaction.”
War“War is a way of shattering to pieces... materials which might otherwise be used to make the masses too comfortable and... too intelligent.”
War“Four legs good, two legs bad.”
Good“Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.”
Future“It is also true that one can write nothing readable unless one constantly struggles to efface one's own personality. Good prose is like a windowpane.”
Good“Part of the reason for the ugliness of adults, in a child's eyes, is that the child is usually looking upwards, and few faces are at their best when seen from below.”
Best“Men can only be happy when they do not assume that the object of life is happiness.”
Happiness“We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm.”
Men“No advance in wealth, no softening of manners, no reform or revolution has ever brought human equality a millimeter nearer.”
Equality“As with the Christian religion, the worst advertisement for Socialism is its adherents.”
Religion“Mankind is not likely to salvage civilization unless he can evolve a system of good and evil which is independent of heaven and hell.”
Good“In our time political speech and writing are largely the defense of the indefensible.”
Time“We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men.”
Intelligence“We may find in the long run that tinned food is a deadlier weapon than the machine-gun.”
Food“For a creative writer possession of the 'truth' is less important than emotional sincerity.”
Truth“To walk through the ruined cities of Germany is to feel an actual doubt about the continuity of civilization.”
War“Happiness can exist only in acceptance.”
Happiness“No one can look back on his schooldays and say with truth that they were altogether unhappy.”
Truth“I doubt whether classical education ever has been or can be successfully carried out without corporal punishment.”
Education“If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever.”
Future