I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do.
ROBERT A. HEINLEINBy cultivating the beautiful we scatter the seeds of heavenly flowers, as by doing good we cultivate those that belong to humanity.
More Robert A. Heinlein Quotes
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Theologians can persuade themselves of anything.
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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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A society that gets rid of all its troublemakers goes downhill.
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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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Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.
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The only solution known to science is to provide the patient with an isolation room, where he can endure the acute stages in private and where food can be poked in to him with a stick.
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Everything is theoretically impossible, until it is done.
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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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Political tags – such as royalist, communist, democrat, populist, fascist, liberal, conservative, and so forth – are never basic criteria.
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For me, politeness is a sine qua non of civilization.
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I never learned from a man who agreed with me.
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I don’t see how an article of clothing can be indecent. A person, yes.
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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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Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own…
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Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors… and miss.
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