"How does woman look? What makes you woman?"
"I have learned two ways to tie my shoes. One way is only good for lying down. The other way is good for walking. And I have learned conjugations. I am, thou art, he is, we are, you are, they are, I was, thou wast—"
"Only an Old One can always be sure of right action at a cusp ... and I have much learning to learn and growing to grow before I may join the Old Ones."
"... on Mars, when we needed to know anything, we asked the Old Ones and the answer was never wrong. Jill, is it possible that we humans don't have 'Old Ones'? No souls, I mean. When we discorporate—die—do we die dead ... die all over and nothing left?"
"Goodness is not enough, goodness is never enough. That was one of my first mistakes, because among Martians goodness and wisdom are identical."
"The Truth is simple but the Way of Man is hard. First you must learn to control your self. The rest follows. Blessed is he who knows himself and commands himself, for the world is his and love and happiness and peace walk with him wherever he goes."
Have you read Stranger in a Strange Land?
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