"There are two occasions when the sacred beauty of Creation becomes dazzlingly apparent, and they occur together. One is when we feel our mortal insufficiency to the world, and the other is when we feel the world's mortal insufficiency to us."

"What's terrible is to pretend that second-rate is first-rate. To pretend that you don't need love when you do; or you like your work when you know quite well you're capable of better."

You can always become better.

Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them.

The elements of consciousness are to be isolated by experimental means.