A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything. Jealousy is invariably a symptom of neurotic insecurity.
Robert A. HeinleinPain is the basic mechanism built into us by millions of years of evolution which safeguards us by warning when something threatens our survival.
Robert A. HeinleinNeither individuals nor corporations have any right to come into court and ask that the clock of history be stopped, or turned back.
Robert A. HeinleinIt's an indulgence to sit in a room and discuss your beliefs as if they were a juicy piece of gossip.
Robert A. HeinleinHeroism' often consists in keeping your head in an emergency and doing the best you can with what you have instead of panicking and being shot in the tail. People who fight this way win more battles than do intentional heroes; a glory hound often throws away the lives of his mates as well as his own.
Robert A. Heinlein