Theology is never any help; it is searching in a dark cellar at midnight for a black cat that isn’t there.
ROBERT A. HEINLEINYield to temptation. It may not pass your way again.
More Robert A. Heinlein Quotes
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I never learned from a man who agreed with me.
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Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors… and miss.
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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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I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I 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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The best thing about space travel is that it made it possible to go elsewhere.
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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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You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don’t ever count on having both at once.
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Being right too soon is socially unacceptable.
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A society that gets rid of all its troublemakers goes downhill.
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For me, politeness is a sine qua non of civilization.
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By cultivating the beautiful we scatter the seeds of heavenly flowers, as by doing good we cultivate those that belong to humanity.
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One could write a history of science in reverse by assembling the solemn pronouncements of highest authority about what could not be done and could never happen.
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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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Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.
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