You are treating yourself in present time much as you were treated by others in the past. And you punish yourself far more than anyone would ever punish you.

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.

We are only underlings of fate if we choose to let the wills of others shape our lives." -Thomas Richards

They soared past the dark shapes of animals, grazing in the fields."What are they?" she asked."Sheep, " Mason replied. "I once heard someone describe them as floating like clouds across the hills.

I'm wearing this fake smile.

The best images are the ones that retain their strength and impact over the years, regardless of the number of times they are viewed.

I don't think Israel can accept an Iranian terror base next to its major cities any more than the United States could accept an al Qaeda base next to New York City.

My view is that if you can't run your own house, you certainly can't run the White House. Can't do it.

Attention must be paid’ is the cardinal rule of design discipline, for the designer is above all someone who pays attention to the situation at hand.

Paul Levinson has outdone himself: The Plot to Save Socrates is a philosophically rich gem full of big ideas and wonderful time-travel tricks.

Despair and bitterness are not the only songs in the world

I did not know that my entire personality, my entire being, could be discarded as the byproduct of my anatomy. What if I really am just someone with a large prefrontal cortex...and nothing more?