I'm Going To Live Forever,

Just As There Are Laws Of Conservation Of Matter And Energy, So There Are In Fact Laws Of Conservation Of Pain And Joy. Neither Can Ever Be Created Or Destroyed. But One Can Be Converted Into The Other.

To Be Human : To Strive In The Face Of The Certainty Of Failure.

And I Repeat: If There Is Anything That Can Divert The Land Of My Birth From Its Current Stampede Into The Stone Age, It Is The Widespread Dissemination Of The Thoughts And Perceptions That Robert Heinlein Has Been Selling As Entertainment Since 1939.

Mankind Is Divided Into Two Basic Sorts: Those Who Find The Unknown Future Threatening ... And Those Who Find It Thrilling. The Rupture Between Those Two Sides Has Been Responsible For Most Of The Bloodshed In History.

There's Nothing In The Human Heart Or Mind, No Place No Matter How Twisted Or Secret, That Can't Be Endured - If You Have Someone To Share It With.