Man thrives, oddly enough, only in the presence of a challenging environment.

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.

A shady business never yields a sunny life.

Death is the only pure, beautiful conclusion of a great passion.

I am so tired of fear. And I don't want my girls to live in a country, in a world, based on fear.

A cigarette is the only consumer product which when used as directed kills its consumer.

The cooperation of government at its different levels is important and can only be achieved as long as the people of Chicago are directly involved in our efforts and supportive of our goals.

I would roll up pennies to take the subway to work in Times Square. I was broke, but I was happy.

Men scanning the surface count the wicked happy; they see not the frightful dreams that crowd a bad man's pillow.

It is not wise to be wiser than is necessary. [Fr., Ce n'est pas etre sage D'etre plus sage qu'il ne le faut.]

Our faith in Christ, who became poor, and was always close to the poor and the outcast, is the basis of our concern for the integral development of society’s most neglected members.

Be not dazzled by beauty, but look for those inward qualities which are lasting.