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Theology is never any help; it is searching in a dark cellar at midnight for a black cat that isn’t there.

Robert A. Heinlein

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Jealousy is a disease, love is a healthy condition. The immature mind often mistakes one for the other, or assumes that the greater the love, the greater the jealousy.
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One of the sanest, surest, and most generous joys of life comes from being happy over the good fortune of others.
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Come Being Fortune Generous Good Happy Joy Life One Sanest Sure
You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don’t ever count on having both at once.
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Both Count Ever Freedom Once Peace
I don’t see how an article of clothing can be indecent. A person, yes.
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Article Cloth How Indecent Person Yes
Being right too soon is socially unacceptable.
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Being Right Social Soon Too Unacceptable
Theologians can persuade themselves of anything.
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Anything Persuade Themselves Theologian
It’s an indulgence to sit in a room and discuss your beliefs as if they were a juicy piece of gossip.
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Belief Discuss Group Indulgence Juicy Piece Room
When any government, or any church for that matter, undertakes to say to its subjects, This you may not read, this you must not see, this you are forbidden to know, the end result is tyranny and oppression no matter how holy the motives.
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN

Church End Forbidden Government Holy Matter Motive Oppression Result Subject Tyranny Undertake
It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so.
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN

Acquire Cred Law Legislate Political Power Religion
To be matter-of-fact about the world is to blunder into fantasy – and dull fantasy at that, as the real world is strange and wonderful.
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Around Blunder Dull Fantasy Matter Strange Wonderful
A society that gets rid of all its troublemakers goes downhill.
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Downhill Get Goes Rid Society Troublemaker
Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors… and miss.
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Collector Drink Make Shoot Strong Vary
Writing is not necessarily something to be ashamed of, but do it in private and wash your hands afterwards.
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Afterward Ashamed Necessary Private Something Wash Write
One man’s theology is another man’s belly laugh.
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Another Belly Laugh Man One Theology
For me, politeness is a sine qua non of civilization.
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Civilization Non Politeness Qua Sin
May you live as long as you wish and love as long as you live.
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Live Long May Wish

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