George Orwell Quotes about Happiness

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Men can only be happy when they do not assume that the object of life is happiness.

Men can only be happy when they do not assume that the object of life is happiness.

George Orwell

Life, Happiness, Happy

George Orwell (1946). “Critical Essays”

Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.

George Orwell

Life, Happiness, Truth

Nineteen Eighty-Four pt. 1, ch. 7 (1949) See Orwell 19

Happiness can exist only in acceptance.

George Orwell

Happiness, Acceptance, Literature

But what is work and what is not work? Is it work to dig, to carpenter, to plant trees, to fell trees, to ride, to fish, to hunt, to feed chickens, to play the piano, to take photographs, to build a house, to cook, to sew, to trim hats, to mend motor bicycles? All of these things are work to somebody, and all of them are play to somebody. There are in fact very few activities which cannot be classed either as work or play according as you choose to regard them.

George Orwell

Happiness, Work, Play

George Orwell, Ian Angus, Sheila Davison (1986). “The Complete Works of George Orwell: The road to Wigan Pier”