For only those who have slipped and fallen know the vicissitudes of the way.
There is one thing that makes a human a human… and that is their will.
The one who deserves to survive is the one who has the will to make it happen.
'How does one man assert his power over another, Winston?'
Winston thought.
'By making him suffer,' he said.
'Exactly. By making him suffer.
Obedience is not enough.
Unless he is suffering, how can you be sure that he is obeying your will and not his own?
Power is in inflicting pain and humiliation.
Power is in tearing human minds to pieces and putting them together again in new shapes of your own choosing.'
— He said it's God will. But you're not God.
— No i'm not God... Not yet.
Our real enemies are our overly weak selves.
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