The wrong thing to do about any given circumstance or situation is to do nothing.

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.

I thought: This is not good. I though: I am not bad at kissing. Not at bad at all. I thought: I am clearly the greatest kisser in the history of the universe.

Something whose connection with human experience we cannot grasp is bound to be frightening.

If you train 100% the result will be 100%.

Jesus is the most normal Christian in the Bible.

One of the great aspects about [Barack Obama] is who he is as a human.

You accumulate a great deal of acquaintances and friendships over the years, and you can't always spend as much time as you would like.

When you empower women and help them thrive, you help their communities thrive. Women shoulder the burden disproportionately.

Any crusade requires optimism and the ambition to aim high

To reflect the entire spectrum, the dynamics of the adventure novel must be invested with a philosophic synthesis of one kind or another.