1,085 Quotes by Robert A. Heinlein

Do this. Don't do that. Stay back in line. Where's tax receipt? Fill out form. Let's see license. Submit six copies. Exit only. No left turn. No right turn. Queue up and pay fine. Take back and get stamped. Drop dead— but first get permit.

We each have a moral obligation to conserve and preserve beauty in this world; there is none to waste.

God split himself into a myriad parts that he might have friends. This may not be true, but it sounds good, and is no sillier than any other theology.

I am not going to talk about religious beliefs, but about matters so obvious that it has gone out of style to mention them.

All's fair in love and war-what a contemptible lie! Notebooks of Lazarus Long, Robert A

Do not confuse "duty" with what other people expect of you; they are utterly different. Duty is a debt you owe to yourself to fulfill obligations you have assumed voluntarily. Paying that debt can entail anything from years of patient work to instant willingness to die. Difficult it may be, but the reward is self-respect.

If I had a Boy Scout I could make a fire by rubbing his hind legs together.

The two highest achievements of the human mind are the twin concepts of "loyalty" and "duty". Whenever these twin concepts fall into disrepute, get out of there fast! You may possibly save yourself, but it is too late to save that society. It is doomed.

It may be better to be a live jackal than a dead lion, but it is better still to be a live lion. And usually easier.