The most valuable asset we have, actually, is our ability to understand, to do the right thing, to be kind, to be decent.

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.

The prison that exists in a man's mind is far more difficult to escape from than anything built with brick walls and steel doors. For it is the fear of freedom that holds you inside...

I once worked as a salesman and was very independent. I took orders from no one.

People who insist on telling their dreams are among the terrors of the breakfast table.

Discipline is simply the art of making the soldiers fear their officers more than the enemy.

to deny that music powerfully influences our thoughts and conduct is either ignorant or a deliberate lie. Anyone who listens to music has been moved by it. It's music, that's the point.

There is still nothing in life as constant and as changing at the same time as an afternoon at a ballpark.

If you're lucky, you can keep the vehicle healthy and responsive over the years. If you're lucky, your own intentions have very little to do with this.

By the way, I got a Grammy, which was a big thrill.

It is always disappointing when a player is not prepared to stick it out and fight for his place in a national team.

Yes, I don’t have any talent. That’s why I work hard.