Jealousy is invariably a symptom of neurotic insecurity. 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.Ī competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything. The capacity of the human mind for swallowing nonsense and spewing it forth in violent and repressive action has never yet been plumbed. Heinlein (The Cat Who Walks Through Walls, 1985)īe wary of strong drink. 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. There is no way that writers can be tamed and rendered civilized or even cured. 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. Heinlein (The Pragmatics of Patriotism, 1973) If we blow ourselves up we will do it by misapplication of science if we manage to keep from blowing ourselves up, it will be through intelligent application of science. There ain't no such thing as a free lunch. Most gods have the manners and morals of a spoiled child. Men rarely (if ever) manage to dream up a god superior to themselves. Happiness consists in getting enough sleep. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free, no matter what rules surround me. I will accept the rules that you feel necessary to your freedom.
Heinlein (The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress, 1966)
A murky part of us, something we had before we came down out of trees, and failed to shuck when we stood up. Must be a yearning deep in human heart to stop other people from doing as they please. One man's theology is another man's belly laugh.įree will is a golden thread running through the frozen matrix of fixed events. The immature mind often mistakes one for the other, or assumes that the greater the love, the greater the jealousy. Jealousy is a disease, love is a healthy condition. Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own. Sex without love is merely healthy exercise. 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. Heinlein (Time Enough for Love, 1973)Įverything is theoretically impossible, until it is done. Heinlein (Stranger in a Stange Land, 1961) because it's the only thing that'll make it stop hurting. How can I possibly put a new idea into your heads, if I do not first remove your delusions? Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.
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