One of the sanest, surest, and most generous joys of life comes from being happy over the good fortune of others.
ROBERT A. HEINLEINPolitical tags – such as royalist, communist, democrat, populist, fascist, liberal, conservative, and so forth – are never basic criteria.
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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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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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The universe never did make sense; I suspect it was built on government contract.
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The difference between science and the fuzzy subjects is that science requires reasoning while those other subjects merely require scholarship.
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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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Everything is theoretically impossible, until it is done.
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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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Don’t handicap your children by making their lives easy.
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For me, politeness is a sine qua non of civilization.
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Never insult anyone by accident.
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Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.
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Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors… and miss.
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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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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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