It is vital to any organization, to be strong and effective, to be ethical.

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.

There is no reason for beauty. It just is.

For the sake of my country, and perhaps a little for the sake of my soul, I have given up the deep peace of being in opposition.

I think you earn your reputation for honesty and integrity literally hour-by-hour, and taste for that matter.

Whatever your dreams are, start taking them very, very seriously.

The more expanded your sense of self, the more possibilities are released from the level of the soul.

Sometimes you have to suffer a little bit in your youth to motivate yourself to succeed in later life. If Bill Gates had got laid in high school, do you think there'd be a Microsoft?

Tears throw a veil over our faults and allow us to accuse fate without fear or contradiction.

I've always wanted male friends that I could be real intimate with and talk about important things with and be as affectionate with that person as I would be with a girl.

It takes a lot of energy and a lot of neurosis to write a novel. If you were really sensible, you'd do something else.

There is in the body, a current of energy, affection and intelligence, which guides, maintains and energizes the body. Discover that current and stay with it.