# Quote — Robert A. Heinlein, Job: A Comedy of Justice

> Mr. Chairman, almost everything about a human creature is ridiculous, except its ability to suffer bravely and die gallantly for whatever it loves and believes in. The validity of that belief, the appropriateness of that love, is irrelevant; it is the bravery and the gallantry that count. These are uniquely human qualities, independent of mankind’s creator, who has none of them himself—as I know, since he is my brother...and I lack them, too.

- Author: [Robert A. Heinlein](https://www.leafyquotes.com/robert-a-heinlein.md)
- Book: [Job: A Comedy of Justice](https://www.leafyquotes.com/robert-a-heinlein/job-a-comedy-of-justice.md)
- Page: 428
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/robert-a-heinlein/job-a-comedy-of-justice/mr-chairman-almost

## More from this book

> You are in great danger. And so am I, although I think your danger is much greater than mine. But, Alec, I can assure you of this: If It decides to extinguish you, you will never know it. It is not a sadistic God.

p. 426 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/robert-a-heinlein/job-a-comedy-of-justice/you-are-in-great.md)

> Oy! Every prophecy I fulfilled! And now He tells me consistent I am not! This is justice?

p. 434 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/robert-a-heinlein/job-a-comedy-of-justice/oy-every-prophecy.md)

> A man who is happy at home doesn’t lie awake nights worrying about the hereafter.

p. 438 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/robert-a-heinlein/job-a-comedy-of-justice/a-man-who.md)