1,085 Quotes by Robert A. Heinlein

A religion is a source of happiness and I would not deprive anyone of happiness. But it is a comfort appropriate for the weak, not for the strong--and you are strong. The great trouble with religion--any religion--is that the religionist, having accepted certain propositions by faith, cannot thereafter judge these propositions by evidence. One may bask at the warm fire of faith or choose to live in the bleak uncertainty of reason--but one cannot have both.

The most important lesson in the writing trade is that any manuscript is improved if you cut away the fat.

The stars incline, but do not impel.

Never crowd youngsters about their private affairs - sex especially. When they are growing up, they are nerve ends all over, and resent (quite properly) any invasion of their privacy. Oh, sure, they'll make mistakes - but that's their business, not yours. (You made your own mistakes, did you not?)

It's a man's business to be what he is, and to be it in style.

Work is not an end in itself; there must always be time enough for love.

A child's life is like a piece of paper on which every person leaves a mark.

You do not truly own anything that you can't carry in both arms at a dead run

Coffee comes in five descending stages: Coffee, Java, Jamoke, Joe, and Carbon Remover.