#be

Sleep is lovely, death is better still, not to have been born is of course the miracle. ↗

— Heinrich Heine

#better #born #course #death #lovely

Beyond peace, there is no longer any existence possible. ↗

— Gustav Heinemann

#beyond #existence #longer #peace #possible

Liberal democracy must finally become the vital element of our society. ↗

— Gustav Heinemann

#democracy #element #finally #liberal #liberal democracy

Not less, but more democracy - that is the demand, that is the great goal that we have to prescribe for ourselves, and especially for our youth. ↗

— Gustav Heinemann

#democracy #especially #goal #great #less

I have given up trying to be happy. It is no use an leads to nothing. ↗

— Anna Held

#given #happy #i #leads #nothing

I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do. 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

#am #because #break #everything #find

The difference between science and the fuzzy subjects is that science requires reasoning while those other subjects merely require scholarship. ↗

— Robert A. Heinlein

#difference #fuzzy #merely #other #reasoning

Political tags - such as royalist, communist, democrat, populist, fascist, liberal, conservative, and so forth - are never basic criteria. The human race divides politically into those who want people to be controlled and those who have no such desire. ↗

— Robert A. Heinlein

#communist #conservative #controlled #criteria #democrat

Don't ever become a pessimist... a pessimist is correct oftener than an optimist, but an optimist has more fun, and neither can stop the march of events. ↗

— Robert A. Heinlein

#correct #events #ever #fun #march

That is what we are supposed to do when we are at our best - make it all up - but make it up so truly that later it will happen that way. ↗

— Ernest Hemingway

#happen #later #make #our #supposed