In a society in which it is a moral offense to be different from your neighbor your only escape is to never let them find out.
Robert A. HeinleinThe commonest weakness of our race is our ability to rationalize our most selfish purposes.
Robert A. HeinleinBy the data to date, there is only one animal in the Galaxy dangerous to man -- man himself. So he must supply his own indispensable competition. He has no enemy to help him.
Robert A. HeinleinNothing of value is free. Even the breath of life is purchased at birth only through gasping effort and pain... The best things in life are beyond money; their price is agony and sweat and devotion... and the price demanded for the most precious of all things in life is life itself--ultimate cost for perfect value
Robert A. Heinlein