Robert A. Heinlein Quotes About Hurt

Quotes about: Hurt

• Sin lies only in hurting others unnecessarily. All other "sins" are invented nonsense.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Hurt, Lying, Religion

  "Time Enough for Love". Book by Robert A. Heinlein, 1973.

• I've found out why people laugh. They laugh because it hurts so much . . . because it's the only thing that'll make it stop hurting.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Life, Hurt, Laughing

  Robert A. Heinlein (1987). “Stranger in a Strange Land”, p.295, Penguin

• I've found out why people laugh. They laugh because it hurts- because it's the only thing that'll make it stop hurting... I had been told that a 'funny' thing is a thing of goodness. It isn't... The goodness is in the laughing. I grok it is a bravery- and a sharing- against pain and sorrow and defeat.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Hurt, Pain, Funny Things

• "I've found out why people laugh. They laugh because it hurts so much... because it's the only thing that'll make it stop hurting" ... "But that's not all people laugh at." "Isn't it? Perhaps I don't grok all its fullness yet. But find me something that really makes you laugh sweetheart... a joke, or anything else- but something that gave you a a real belly laugh, not a smile. Then we'll see if there isn't a wrongness wasn't there." He thought. "I grok when apes learn to laugh, they'll be people."

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Hurt, Real, People

  "Stranger in a Strange Land". Book by Robert A. Heinlein, 1961.

• There is solemn satisfaction in doing the best you can for eight billion people. Perhaps their lives have no cosmic significance, but they have feelings. They can hurt.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Hurt, Eight, People

  "Double Star". Book by Robert A. Heinlein, 1956.

• Tilting at windmills hurts you more than the windmills.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Hurt, Windmills

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

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