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> [Son, the phrase is self-contradictory; "sense" is never "common".](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/son-the-phrase-is-self-contradictory-sense-is-never-common/)

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> [Butterflies are self propelled flowers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/butterflies-are-self-propelled-flowers/)

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> [All my enemies are self-appointed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/all-my-enemies-are-self-appointed/)

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> [Self awareness is NOT just a bunch of amino acids bumping together.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/self-awareness-is-not-just-a-bunch-of-amino-acids-bumping-together/)

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> [Beware of altruism. It is based on self-deception, the root of all evil.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/beware-of-altruism-it-is-based-on-self-deception-the-root-of-all-evil/)

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> [Butterflies are not insects,' Captain John Sterling said soberly. 'They are self-propelled flowers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/butterflies-are-not-insects-captain-john-sterling-said-soberly-they/)

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> [Never appeal to a man's 'better nature.' He may not have one. Invoking his self-interest gives you more leverage.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/never-appeal-to-a-man-s-better-nature-he-may-not-have-one-invoking/)

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> [The basic of all morality is duty, a concept with the same relation to group that self-interest has to individual.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/the-basic-of-all-morality-is-duty-a-concept-with-the-same-relation-to/)

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> [We learned not to waste ammo even on warriors except in self-protection](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/we-learned-not-to-waste-ammo-even-on-warriors-except-in-self/)

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> [First you must learn to control your self. The rest follows. Blessed is he who knows himself and commands himself, for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/first-you-must-learn-to-control-your-self-the-rest-follows-blessed-is/)

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> [A pacifist male is a contradiction in terms. Most self-described "pacifists" are not pacific; they simply assume false colors. When the wind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/a-pacifist-male-is-a-contradiction-in-terms-most-self-described/)

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> [If tempted by something that feels 'altruistic,' examine your motives and root out that self-deception. Then, if you still want to do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/if-tempted-by-something-that-feels-altruistic-examine-your-motives/)

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> [His older self had taught his younger self a language which the older self knew because the younger self, after being taught,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/his-older-self-had-taught-his-younger-self-a-language-which-the-older/)

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> [...I am opposed to all attempts to license or restrict the arming of individuals... I consider such laws a violation of civil…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/i-am-opposed-to-all-attempts-to-license-or-restrict-the-arming-of/)

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> [I don't trust a man who talks about ethics when he is picking my pocket. But if he is acting in his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/i-don-t-trust-a-man-who-talks-about-ethics-when-he-is-picking-my/)

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> [The extremely tiny fraction who think regularly, accurately, creatively, and without self-delusion - in the long run, these are the only people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/the-extremely-tiny-fraction-who-think-regularly-accurately-creatively/)

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> [The faith in which I was brought up assured me that I was better than other people; I was saved, they were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/the-faith-in-which-i-was-brought-up-assured-me-that-i-was-better-than/)

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> [What is supposed to happen in a democracy is that each sovereign citizen will always vote in the public interest for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/what-is-supposed-to-happen-in-a-democracy-is-that-each-sovereign/)

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> [Do not confuse "duty" with what other people expect of you; they are utterly different. Duty is a debt you owe to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/do-not-confuse-duty-with-what-other-people-expect-of-you-they-are-3/)

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> [The Universe was a silly place at best...but the least likely explanation for it was the no-explanation of random chance, the conceit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/the-universe-was-a-silly-place-at-best-but-the-least-likely/)

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> [Art is the process of evoking pity and terror, which is not abstract at all but very human. What the self-styled modern…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/art-is-the-process-of-evoking-pity-and-terror-which-is-not-abstract/)

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> [My folks tried to make a preacher of me and missed by a narrow margin… I would have made a good one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/my-folks-tried-to-make-a-preacher-of-me-and-missed-by-a-narrow-margin/)

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## More by Robert A. Heinlein

> [Social responsibility above the level of family, or at most of tribe, requires imagination-- devotion, loyalty, all the higher virtues -- which a man…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/social-responsibility-above-the-level-of-family-or-at-most-of-tribe/)

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> [My folks tried to make a preacher of me and missed by a narrow margin… I would have made a good one if I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/my-folks-tried-to-make-a-preacher-of-me-and-missed-by-a-narrow-margin/)

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> [Ninety percent of all human wisdom is the ability to mind your own business.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/ninety-percent-of-all-human-wisdom-is-the-ability-to-mind-your-own/)

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> [If we blow ourselves up we will do it by misapplication of science; if we manage to keep from blowing ourselves up, it will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/if-we-blow-ourselves-up-we-will-do-it-by-misapplication-of-science-if/)

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> [Nor would anybody suspect. If was one thing all people took for granted, was conviction that if you feed honest figures into a computer,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/nor-would-anybody-suspect-if-was-one-thing-all-people-took-for/)

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> [Women will forgive anything. Otherwise, the race would have died out long ago.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/women-will-forgive-anything-otherwise-the-race-would-have-died-out/)

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> [Most neuroses and some psychoses can be traced to the unnecessary and unhealthy habit of daily wallowing in the troubles and sins of five…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/most-neuroses-and-some-psychoses-can-be-traced-to-the-unnecessary-and/)

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> [No statement should be believed because it is made by an authority.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/no-statement-should-be-believed-because-it-is-made-by-an-authority/)

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> [“Some people are ants by nature; they have to work, even when it’s useless. Few people have a talent for constructive laziness.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/some-people-are-ants-by-nature-they-have-to-work-even-when-it-s/)

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> [“The instinct to survive is human nature itself, and every aspect of our personalities derives from it. Anything that conflicts with the survival instinct…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/the-instinct-to-survive-is-human-nature-itself-and-every-aspect-of/)

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> [“I tried to dig out of the computer a call directory for Luna. But it was still sulking. I could not get it to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/i-tried-to-dig-out-of-the-computer-a-call-directory-for-luna-but-it/)

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> [“this has more aspects than a cat has hair.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/this-has-more-aspects-than-a-cat-has-hair/)

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> [Never own more than you can carry in both hands at a dead run.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/never-own-more-than-you-can-carry-in-both-hands-at-a-dead-run/)

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> [“In Wilson's scale of evaluations breakfast rated just after life itself and ahead of the chance of immortality." ~ By His Bootstraps / Robert A. Heinlein”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/in-wilson-s-scale-of-evaluations-breakfast-rated-just-after-life/)

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> [Ignorance is curable, stupid is forever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/ignorance-is-curable-stupid-is-forever/)

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