Quote by George Orwell

Orthodoxy is Unconsciousness.

Orthodoxy is Unconsciousness.

Summary

This quote, attributed to George Orwell, suggests that blindly adhering to established beliefs and doctrines without critical thought or questioning is a form of ignorance and unconsciousness. It implies that blindly following orthodox ideologies inhibits individual thinking, stifles creativity, and discourages alternative perspectives. It encourages individuals to engage in introspection, challenging conventional wisdom, and questioning the status quo as a means of fostering intellectual growth and developing a more conscious understanding of the world.

By George Orwell

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows rel

Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.

Henry David Thoreau

Fashion

Discrepancy between theory and practice, which in sound phys

Discrepancy between theory and practice, which in sound physical and mechanical science is a delusion, has a real existence in the minds of men; and that fallacy, through rejected by their judgments, continues to exert and influence over their acts.

William John Macquorn Rankine

Men Science Mind Sound

Our decision about energy will test the character of the Ame

Our decision about energy will test the character of the American people and the ability of the President and the Congress to govern this Nation. This difficult effort will be the moral equivalent of war, except that we will be uniting our efforts to build and not to destroy.

I believe that what we are fighting here is not just a small

I believe that what we are fighting here is not just a small group of people who have hijacked a religion, but it is a civilization bent on destroying ours.

Religion

A friend should bear a friend's infirmities, But Brutus make

A friend should bear a friend's infirmities, But Brutus makes mine greater than they are.

William Shakespeare

Once you're physically capable of winning a gold medal, the

Once you're physically capable of winning a gold medal, the rest is ninety percent mental.

Competition

Most American cities shop to their best advantage when seen

Most American cities shop to their best advantage when seen from a height or from a distance, at a point where the ugliness of the buildings dissolves into the beauty of an abstraction.

Lewis H. Lapham

Beauty Distance

Miracles and truth are necessary, because it is necessary to

Miracles and truth are necessary, because it is necessary to convince the entire man, in body and soul.

Truth Miracles Man

Millions of items in the outward order are present to my sen

Millions of items in the outward order are present to my senses which never properly enter into my experience. Why? Because they have no interest for me. My experience is what I agree to attend to. Only those items which I notice shape my mind --without selective interest, experience is an utter chaos.

William James, Principles of Psy

Experience

I want to get a tatoo of myself on my entire body, only 2 ta

I want to get a tatoo of myself on my entire body, only 2 taller.

Give me the luxuries of life and I will willingly do without

Give me the luxuries of life and I will willingly do without the necessities.

Frank Lloyd Wright

Life

If you cannot make money on one dollar, if you do not coax o

If you cannot make money on one dollar, if you do not coax one dollar to work hard for you, you won't know how to make money out of one hundred thousand dollars.

Money