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Behavior Quotes by Robert A. Heinlein
- Since survival is the sine qua non, I now define the "moral behavior" as "behavior that tends toward survival".
- Gratitude: An imaginary emotion that rewards an imaginary behavior, altruism. Both imaginaries are false faces for selfishness, which is a real and honest emotion.
- It is impossible for anyone to be responsible for another person's behavior. The most you or any leader can do is to encourage each one…
- Our behavior is different. How often have you seen a headline like this?--TWO DIE ATTEMPTING RESCUE OF DROWNING CHILD. If a man gets lost in…
- The country and culture commonly known as "America" had had a badly split personality all through its history. Its overt laws were almost always puritanical…
- All human behavior, all human motivations, all man’s hopes and fears, were heavily colored and largely controlled by mankind’s tragic and oddly beautiful pattern of…
- Morals — all correct moral laws — derive from the instinct to survive. Moral behavior is survival behavior above the individual level.
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