Time Enough for Love by Robert A. Heinlein

Don't do it because it is 'expected' of you. (This rule does not mean that you must not do a favor for a friend, or even a stranger. The termites will nibble away your life and leave none of it for you. Time Enough For Love by Robert Heinlein Publication date 1973 Topics futuristic Collection opensource Language English The capstone and crowning achievement of Heinlein's famous Future History, Time Enough for Love follows Lazarus Long through a vast and magnificent timescape of centuries and worlds. Otherwise you will not have time to carry out your duty, or to do your own work, and certainly no time for love and happiness. 346-353) and are full of pithy insights and opinions of Lazarus Long, the central character in this classic science fiction novel.

These notebooks are called 'Intermission' (pp. So learn to say No-and to be rude about it when necessary. The following 'aphorisms' come from the 'Notebooks of Lazarus Long' in Robert Heinleins 1973 novel, Time Enough for Love. If you allow yourself to fall into the vice of agreeing to such requests, they quickly snowball to the point where these parasites will use up 100 percent of your time-and squawk for more! It is easier to deal with a footpad than it is with the leech who wants 'just a few minutes of your time, please-this won't take long.' Time is your total capital, and the minutes of your life are painfully few. Difficult it may be, but the reward is self-respect.īut there is no reward at all for doing what other people expect of you, and to do so is not merely difficult, but impossible. Paying that debt can entail anything from years of patient work to instant willingness to die. Duty is a debt you owe to yourself to fulfill obligations you have assumed voluntarily. “Do not confuse 'duty' with what other people expect of you they are utterly different.

Time Enough for Love by Robert A. Heinlein