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Robert A. Heinlein

1907 - 1988

Robert A. Heinlein (1907–1988) was an American science fiction writer known for his influential and groundbreaking works in the genre. He is considered one of the "Big Three" of science fiction writers, alongside Isaac Asimov and Arthur C. Clarke, and is best known for novels such as "Stranger in a Strange Land," "Starship Troopers," and "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress."

  1. Don’t handicap your children by making their lives easy.

    Robert A. Heinlein
    #children#growth#resilience

  2. I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do.

    Robert A. Heinlein
    #freedom#responsibility#individuality

  3. I never learned from a man who agreed with me.

    Robert A. Heinlein
    #learning#humility#disagreement

  4. A tragic irony of life is that we so often achieve success or financial independence after the chief reason for which we sought it has passed away.

    Robert A. Heinlein
    #success#irony#loss

  5. In most hierachies super-competence is more objectionable than incompetence.

    Robert A. Heinlein
    #hierarchies#competence#criticism

  6. Everything is theoretically impossible, until it is done.

    Robert A. Heinlein
    #impossibility#achievement#determination

  7. Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.

    Robert A. HeinleinStranger in a Strange Land, p. 251, 1961
    #love#happiness#connection