I know no man who has any monopoly upon the wisdom of this universe. It belongs to those who can use it to help themselves and others.

You don't get rich writing science fiction. If you want to get rich, you start a religion.

Freedom is for honest people. No man who is not himself honest can be free – he is his own trap.

What is true for you is what you have observed yourself. And when you lose that, you have lost everything.

Never regret yesterday. Life is in you today and you make your tomorrow.

Nothing in Scientology is true for you unless you have observed it and it is true according to your observation

Scientology is the only specific (cure) for radiation (atomic bomb) burns.

They smell of all the baths they didnt take. The trouble with China is, there are too many chinks here.

To love in spite of all is the secret of greatness. And may very well be the greatest secret in this universe.

The test of true competence is the end result.

The only way you can control people is to lie to them. You can write that down in your book in great big letters. The only way you can control anybody is to lie to them.

Church can be extremely boring. It can be very meaningful, it can be character forming, but can be have very little fizz in it.

If a woman hasn't got a tiny streak of harlot in her, she's a dry stick as a rule.

Beneath the stars the lake lay dark and sombre," Stead wrote, "but on its shores gleamed and glowed in golden radiance the ivory city, beautiful as a poet's dream, silent as a city of the dead.

Every meaning is a projection of the viewer's inarticulate moods.

When you live under the power of terror and segregation, you can't ever start a work of art.

Ronald Reagan wasn't in the establishment of the Republican Party either, nor was Richard Nixon.

I always take working out seriously, but before a shoot I do extra sit ups and squats. I also eat more vegetables and drink a ton of water, because it really helps my skin glow.

[O]ne can dream so much better in a room where there are pretty things.

If you take the time to study how to be a doctor and how to use your scalpel and your medicine, then there are endless beings out there to help.

People who haven't experienced major setbacks sometimes feel that their hurts are somehow less legitimate or real.