You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don’t ever count on having both at once.
ROBERT A. HEINLEINNever worry about theory as long as the machinery does what it’s supposed to do.
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Political tags – such as royalist, communist, democrat, populist, fascist, liberal, conservative, and so forth – are never basic criteria.
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A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything. Jealousy is invariably a symptom of neurotic insecurity.
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I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do.
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Being right too soon is socially unacceptable.
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Don’t ever become a pessimist… a pessimist is correct oftener than an optimist, but an optimist has more fun, and neither can stop the march of events.
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The universe never did make sense; I suspect it was built on government contract.
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Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors… and miss.
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One man’s ‘magic’ is another man’s engineering. ‘Supernatural’ is a null word.
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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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Never worry about theory as long as the machinery does what it’s supposed to do.
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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.
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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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Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own…
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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.
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Writing is not necessarily something to be ashamed of, but do it in private and wash your hands afterwards.
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