Anyone who clings to the historically untrue -- and -- thoroughly immoral doctrine that violence never solves anything I would advise to conjure up the ghosts of Napoleon Bonaparte and the Duke of Wellington and let them debate it. The…

Quote by Robert A Heinlein

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Sex without love is merely healthy exercise.

Sex without love is merely healthy exercise.

One of the sanest, surest, and most generous joys of life comes from being happy...

One of the sanest, surest, and most generous joys of life comes from being happy...

To be matter of fact about the world is to blunder into fantasy -- and...

To be matter of fact about the world is to blunder into fantasy -- and...

Writing is not necessarily something to be ashamed of, but do it in private and...

Writing is not necessarily something to be ashamed of, but do it in private and...

By cultivating the beautiful we scatter the seeds of heavenly flowers, as by doing good...

By cultivating the beautiful we scatter the seeds of heavenly flowers, as by doing good...

A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything. Jealousy is invariably a...

A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything. Jealousy is invariably a...

Yield to temptation. It may not pass your way again.

Yield to temptation. It may not pass your way again.

I don't see how an article of clothing can be indecent. A person, yes.

I don't see how an article of clothing can be indecent. A person, yes.

Never worry about theory as long as the machinery does what it's supposed to do.

Never worry about theory as long as the machinery does what it's supposed to do.

By cultivating the beautiful we scatter the seeds of heavenly flowers, as by doing good...

By cultivating the beautiful we scatter the seeds of heavenly flowers, as by doing good...

Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors... and miss.

Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors... and miss.

For me, politeness is a sine qua non of civilization.

For me, politeness is a sine qua non of civilization.

Never insult anyone by accident.

Never insult anyone by accident.

Don't handicap your children by making their lives easy.

Don't handicap your children by making their lives easy.

They didn't want it good, they wanted it Wednesday.

They didn't want it good, they wanted it Wednesday.

Sex without love is merely healthy exercise.

Sex without love is merely healthy exercise.

Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your...

Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your...

Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier...

Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier...

Obviously, the highest type of efficiency is that which can utilize existing material to the...

Obviously, the highest type of efficiency is that which can utilize existing material to the...

Whenever there is a hard job to be done I assign it to a lazy...

Whenever there is a hard job to be done I assign it to a lazy...

Spiritual progress is like detoxification. Things have to come up in order to be released....

Spiritual progress is like detoxification. Things have to come up in order to be released....