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One of the sanest, surest, and most generous joys of life comes from being happy over the good fortune of others.

One of the sanest, surest, and most generous joys of life comes from being happy over the good fortune of others.

Robert A. Heinlein
Relationship, Thank You, Giving

I'll give you an exact definition. When the happiness of another person becomes as essential to yourself as your own, then the state of love exists.

Robert A. Heinlein
Love, Giving, Essentials

Age does not bring wisdom... but it does give perspective... and the saddest sight of all is to see, far behind you, temptations you've resisted.

Robert A. Heinlein
Sight, Giving, Perspective
Robert A. Heinlein (1983). “Stranger in a Strange Land”, Berkley

If you happen to be one of the fretful minority who can do creative work, never force an idea; you'll abort it if you do. Be patient and you'll give birth to it when the time is ripe. Learn to wait.

Robert A. Heinlein
Ideas, Giving, Creative
Robert A. Heinlein (1987). “Time Enough for Love”, p.237, Penguin

You have to give an editor something to change, or he gets fretful. After he pees in it, he likes the flavor better, so he buys it.

Robert A. Heinlein
Editors, Giving, Flavor

You obviously don't know what an Old Man of the Sea great wealth is. It is not a fat purse and time to spend it. Its owner finds himself beset on every side, at every hour, wherever he goes, by persistent pleaders, like beggars in Bombay, each demanding that he invest or give away part of his wealth. He becomes suspicious of honest friendship--indeed honest friendship is rarely offered him; those who could have been his friends are too fastidious to be jostled by beggars, too proud to risk being mistaken for one.

Robert A. Heinlein
Men, Sea, Giving

The ethics of sex is a thorny problem. Each of us is forced to grope for a solution he can live with - in the face of preposterous, unworkable, and evil code of so-called 'Morals.' Most of us know the code is wrong, almost everybody breaks it. But we pay Danegeld by feeling guilty and giving lip service. Willy-nilly, the code rides us, dead and stinking, an albatross around the neck.

Robert A. Heinlein
Sex, Evil, Giving
Robert A. Heinlein (1987). “Stranger in a Strange Land”, p.341, Penguin

Nothing gives life more zest that running for your life.

Robert A. Heinlein
Running, Zest, Giving

Minimize your therbligs until it becomes automatic; this doubles your effective lifetime - and thereby gives time to enjoy butterflies and kittens and rainbows.

Robert A. Heinlein
Butterfly, Giving, Rainbow
Robert A. Heinlein (1987). “Time Enough for Love”, p.326, Penguin

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