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“I'm always suspicious of disinterested interest.”
― Stranger in a Strange Land
― Stranger in a Strange Land
“People simplify 'Apollonian' into 'mild', and 'calm', and 'cool'. But 'Apollonian' and 'Dionysian' are two sides of one coin--a nun kneeling in her cell, holding perfectly still, can be in ecstacy more frenzied than any priestess of Pan Priapus celebrating the vernal equinox.”
― Stranger in a Strange Land
― Stranger in a Strange Land
“I do know that the slickest way to lie is to tell the right amount of truth--then shut up.”
― Stranger in a Strange Land
― Stranger in a Strange Land
“But goodness alone is never enough. A hard, cold wisdom is required for goodness to accomplish good. Goodness without wisdom always accomplishes evil.”
― Stranger in a Strange Land
― Stranger in a Strange Land
“The drive for power is even less logical than the sex urge . . . and stronger.”
― Stranger in a Strange Land
― Stranger in a Strange Land
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