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Democracy is based on the assumption that a million men are wiser than one man. How's that again? I missed something.
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Excerpt from the notebooks of Lazarus Long, from Robert Heinlein's "Time Enough for Love"
An elephant: A mouse built to government specifications.
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Excerpt from the notebooks of Lazarus Long, from Robert Heinlein's "Time Enough for Love"
Men rarely (if ever) manage to dream up a god superior to themselves. Most gods have the manners and morals of a spoiled child.
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Excerpt from the notebooks of Lazarus Long, from Robert Heinlein's "Time Enough for Love"
One man's theology is another man's belly laugh.
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Excerpt from the notebooks of Lazarus Long, from Robert Heinlein's "Time Enough for Love"
Everything in excess! To enjoy the flavor of life, take big bites. Moderation is for monks.
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Excerpt from the notebooks of Lazarus Long, from Robert Heinlein's "Time Enough for Love"
No state has an inherent right to survive through conscript troops and in the long run no state ever has. Roman matrons used to say to their sons: "Come back with your shield, or on it." Later on, this custom declined. So did Rome.
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Excerpt from the notebooks of Lazarus Long, from Robert Heinlein's "Time Enough for Love"
History does not record anywhere at any time a religion that has any rational basis. Religion is a crutch for people not strong enough to stand up to the unknown without help. But, like dandruff, most people do have a religion and spend time and money on it and seem to derive considerable pleasure from fiddling with it.
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Excerpt from the notebooks of Lazarus Long, from Robert Heinlein's "Time Enough for Love"
Every creature is better alive than dead, men and moose and pine trees, and he who understands it aright will rather preserve its life than destroy it.
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Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862), "Maine Woods," `Chesuncook'
Insanity: a perfectly rational adjustment to the insane world.
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R. D. Laing
Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth. I sat at a table where were rich food and wine in abundance, and obsequious attendance, but sincerity and truth were not; and I went away hungry from the inhospitable board.
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Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862), "Walden," the Conclusion
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