I am, now as before, of the opinion that I did the best that I could do for my nation. I therefore do not regret my conduct and will bear the consequences that result from my conduct.
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I am, now as before, of the opinion that I did the best that I could do for my nation. I therefore do not regret my conduct and will bear the consequences that result from my conduct.
Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness.
What could I say to you that would be of value, except that perhaps you seek too much, that as a result of your seeking you cannot find.
If I could I would always work in silence and obscurity, and let my efforts be known by their results.
Everything that goes on in your whole life is a result of molecules rushing around somewhere in your brain.
The most serious mistakes are not being made as a result of wrong answers. The true dangerous thing is asking the wrong question.
There is force in the universe, which, if we permit it, will flow through us and produce miraculous results.
It is to be remembered that all art is magical in origin - music, sculpture, writing, painting - and by magical I mean intended to produce very definite results. Paintings were originally formulae to make what is painted happen. Art is not an end in itself, any more than Einstein's matter-into-energy formulae is an end in itself. Like all formulae, art was originally FUNCTIONAL, intended to make things happen, the way an atom bomb happens from Einstein's formulae.
The Ministry of Peace concerns itself with war, the Ministry of Truth with lies, the Ministry of Love with torture and the Ministry of Plenty with starvation. These contradictions are not accidental , nor do they result from from ordinary hypocrisy: they are deliberate exercises in doublethink
There are two ways of being happy: We must either diminish our wants or augment our means - either may do - the result is the same and it is for each man to decide for himself and to do that which happens to be easier.
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