It should be noted that according to the information I have received, the quotes were provided to people with the web site software, and the Scientologists choosing to put up web pages have to use these quotes. That being the case, I have chosen to place all the quotes on one page, so people can have an idea as to what sort of quotes are being used on the spam pages.
As I was reviewing these quote pages, I was struck by the banality of these quotes. There is a huge Hubbard body of work, but the quotes that the Scientologists were allowed to choose from are very limited. How it can be called My Favorite Quote is beyond me, because the Hubbard selection is so limited? Supposed the Favorite Quote comes from an HCOB or HCOPL, or from NOTS?
Editing and harmonizing the founding documents of a religion is not a phenomenon that can be limited strictly to Scientology. For example, in the Mormon Church the current course of study is the the teachings of Brigham Young. The material in the lesson manual is an edited-down version of The Teachings of Brigham Young , which was published earlier this century, and which itself is a heavily edited version of Young's many sermons published in the Journal of Discourses.
And not to limit ourselves to "new" religions in discussing this phenomenon--this same thing can be observed in Christianity. The Gospels, for example, are now considered to be redactions of earlier documents, edited skillfully to reflect the theological concerns of the writer. To give a well-known example: it is believed that the writers of the Gospels of Matthew and Luke had access to a document known as "Q" (for quelle or "source" in German) which was basically a list of the quotes of Jesus. "Q" no longer exists. But its existence can be derived from its use in Matthew and Luke.
As we now live in the age of computers, it will be interesting to see (particularly in light of Planet Veritas' accusations that the Tech has been tinkered with) if LRH is continually sanitized by Scientology to make him more palatable. Certainly the following quotes show LRH at his most sanitized and banal.
It is my belief that these quotes are used by myself in accordance with the Fair Use provision of the U.S. copyright statute. While I recognize that the L. Ron Hubbard Library is claiming copyright on these quotes (although I don't know why, they are for the most part trite and banal), I am using these same quotes to illustrate how Scientologists think when presented with a selection of quotes to choose.
In short, I am claiming the Fair Use provision of the copyright law for these quotes, and frankly, the Church of Scientology should be glad that I went to all the trouble I did to put all this theta on one easily accessible page.
| Benet Ekhammer | It is difficult to be responsible for something or control something unless you have knowledge of it. |
| Jason D. Peterson | Keep your word once given. |
| Teri Milch | Honor and help your parents. |
| Wayne L. Vokey | Production is the basis of morale. |
| Michael Lewis | Probably the most neglected friend you have is you. |
| Jeffrey Feldman | Often sought, but seldom found, there are no riches, gems or palaces as valued as mere happiness. |
| David L. Rozeboom | Do not harm a person of good will. |
| Bo Nielsen | Do Not Harm a Person of Good Will. Skada inte goda människor, som hjälper andra. |
| Marsi Olsen | Fear is a state of imperception, fear is an unwillingness to confront. |
| Brian L Piper | Be competent. |
| Rory Tate | Happiness lies in engaging in worthwhile activities. |
| June Rosenberry | Love and Help Children. |
| Nancy Burton | Seek To Live with the Truth. |
| Christine Murphy | Life in its highest state is understanding. |
| Stephana Oetinger | Your potentialities are a great deal better then anyone ever permitted you to believe. |
| Richard Goluch | All the happiness you ever find lies in you. |
| Betsy Putterman | Living itself is an art form. |
| Jacki Panzik | Be true to your own goals. |
| Kiki Swift | True sanity is that condition wherein one is sufficiently intelligent to solve his problems without physical violence or destroying other beings and yet survive happily and prosperously. |
| Jeremy Perry | Flourish and Prosper. |
| Anita Warren | On the day when we can fully trust each other, there will be peace on Earth. |
| Patricia Marks | The way to happiness lies along the road to truth. El camino a la felicidad es paralelo junto con la ruta de la verdad. |
| Grahame Scott-Douglas | That mind which understands itself is the mind of a free man. |
| Larry Byrnes | Never regret yesterday. Life is in you today, and you make your tomorrow. |
| Raymond Pembroke | Two rules for happy living: 1. Be able to experience anything. 2. Cause only those things which others are able to experience easily. |
| Jon MacKinder | A culture is only as great as its dreams, and its dreams are dreamed by artists. |
| Tom Humphrey | Happiness and strength endure only in the absence of hate. To hate alone is the road to disaster. To love is the road to strength. To love in spite of all is the secret of greatness.
And may very well be the greatest secret in this universe. From: Scientology: A New Slant on Life. |
| Kevin Brown | People have value and are important. Big or small they are important. |
| Victor Burton | The only richness there is is understanding. |
| Ed Johnson | Understanding is the universal solvent. It washes away everything. |
| Bennette A. Seaman | One can feel at times like a spinning leaf blown down along a dirty street, one can feel like a grain of sand stuck in one place. But nobody has said that life was a calm and orderly thing; it isn't. One isn't a tattered leaf nor a grain of sand: one can, to a greater or lesser degree, draw his road map and follow it. One can feel that things are such now that it is much too late to do anything, that one's past road is so messed up that there is no chance of drawing a future road that will be any different: there is always a point on the road when one can map a new one. And try to follow it. There is no person alive who cannot make a new beginning. From: The Way To Happiness |
| Rita Swenson | My own philosophy is that one should share what wisdom he has, one should help others to help themselves, and one should keep going despite heavy weather for there is always a calm ahead. |
| Glen Petcavage | Greatness does not stem from savage wars or being known. It stems from being true to one's own decency, from going on helping others whatever they do or think or say and despite all savage acts against one; to persevere without changing one's basic attitude toward man. |
| Steve Yeich | Happiness lies in engaging in worthwhile activities. But there is only one person who for certain can tell what will make one happy-oneself. |
| Denise Palm | What is true for you is what you have observed yourself. And when you lose that you have lost everything. |
| Allan Bawell | Seek to live with the truth. False data can cause one to
make stupid mistakes. It can even block one from absorbing
true data. One can solve the problems of existence only when he has true data. If those around one lie to him or her, one is led into making errors and his survival potential is reduced. False data can come from many sources: academic, social, professional. Many want you to believe things just to suit their own ends. What is true is what is true for you. |
| David Rivera | No one has any right to force data on you and command you to believe it or else. If it is not true for you, it isn't true. |
| Kirsten Barrie | What is true is what is true for you. |
| Dean Blehert | What is true is what is true for YOU. No one has the right to force data on you and command you to believe it or else. If it is not true for you, it isn't true. |
| Oliver Asato | Many want you to believe things just to suit their own ends. What is true is what is true for you. No one has any right to force data on you and command you to believe it or else. If it is not true for you, it isn't true. Think your own way through things, accept what is true for you, discard the rest. There is nothing unhappier than one who tries to live in a chaos of lies.
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| Loki Freyr | One can solve the problems of existence only when he has true data.... Many want you to believe things just to suit their own ends. What is true is what is true for you. No one has any right to force data on you and command you to believe it or else. If it is not true for you, it isn't true. |
| Ray Haney | SEEK TO LIVE WITH THE TRUTH False data can cause one to make stupid mistakes. It can even block one from absorbing true data. One can solve the problems of existence only when he has true data. If those around one lie to him or her, one is led into making errors and his survival potential is reduced. False data can come from many sources: academic, social, professional. Many want you to believe things just to suit their own ends. What is true is what is true for you. No one has any right to force data on you and command you to believe it or else. If it is not true for you, it isn't true. Think your own way through things, accept what is true for you, discard the rest. There is nothing unhappier than one who tries to live in a chaos of lies. |
| Haitham Saleh | What is true for you is what you have observed yourself. And when you lose that you have lost everything. |
| Kathy Weigand | Communication is far more important than affinity or reality, for it is the operation, the action, by which one experiences emotion and by which one agrees. Communication is not only the modus operandi, it is the heart of life and is by thousands of percent the senior in importance to affinity and reality. |
| Marty Kassowitz | A culture is as rich and as capable of surviving as it has imaginative artists, skilled men of science, a high ethic level, workable government, land and natural resources, in about that order of importance. |
| John Stanard | The test of true competence is the end result. To the degree that a man is competent, he survives. To the degree he is incompetent, he perishes. Encourage the attainment of competence in any worthwhile pursuit. |
| Aleksey Tsalolikhin | The way to happiness is hard to travel when shadowed with the oppression of tyranny. A benign government, designed and run for all the people, has been known to smooth the way: when such occurs, it deserves support. |
| Colin Jensen | “Sometimes others seek to crush one down, to make nothing out of one’s hopes and dreams, one’s future and one, himself. “The real handling of such a situation and such people, the real way to defeat them is, to flourish and prosper.” |
| Louis E. Fossessca, II | If one's aims in life are worthwhile, if one carries them out with some attention to the precepts in this book, if one flourishes and prospers, one certainly will wind up the victor. |
| Carol Christie | Unscrupulous and evil men and groups can usurp the power of government and use it to their own ends. Government organized and conducted solely for self-interested individuals and groups gives the society a short life span. This imperils the survival of everyone in the land; it even imperils those who attempt it. History is full of such governmental deaths. Opposition to such governments usually just brings on more violence. But one can raise his voice in caution when such abuses are abroad. And one need not actively support such a government; doing nothing illegal, it is yet possible, by simply withdrawing one’s cooperation, to bring about an eventual reform. Even as this is being written there are several governments in the world that are failing only because their people express their silent disagreement by simply not cooperating. These governments are at risk: any untimely wind of mischance could blow them over. |
| Celia Swanson | HAPPINESS. True joy and happiness are valuable. If one does not survive, no joy and no happiness are obtainable. Trying to survive in a chaotic, dishonest and generally immoral society is difficult. Any individual or group seeks to obtain from life what pleasure and freedom from pain that he or they can. Your own survival can be threatened by the bad actions of others around you. Your own happiness can be turned to tragedy and sorrow by the dishonesty and misconduct of others. I am sure you can think of instances of this actually happening. Such wrongs reduce one’s survival and impair one’s happiness. You are important to other people. You are listened to. You can influence others. The happiness or unhappiness of others you could name is important to you. Without too much trouble, using this book, you can help them survive and lead happier lives. While no one can guarantee that anyone else can be happy, their chances of survival and happiness can be improved. And with theirs, yours will be. It is in your power to point the way to a less dangerous and happier life. |
| Richard Lacy | While it is commonly believed to take two to make a fight, a third party must exist and must develop it for actual conflict to occur. |
| Connie Bylsma | The first postulate one would have to make to make a universe would be “I don’t know.” The next postulate he’d have to make would be “There is something out there,” and the next postulate he’d have to make would be “What is it?” |
| Harrison Quigley | Authority belongs to those who can DO the task in any given field. The only advice I can give the student is to study a subject for itself and use it exactly as stated, then form his own opinions. Study it with the purpose in mind of arriving at his own conclusions as to whether or not the tenets he has assimilated are correct or workable. Compare what you have learned with the known universe. Seek for the reasons behind the manifestation, and postulate the manner and in which direction the manifestation will likely proceed. Do not allow the authority of any one person or school of thought to create a foregone conclusion within your sphere of knowledge. Only with these principles of education in mind can you become a truly educated individual. |
| Stan Dubin | Force yourself to smile and you’ll soon stop frowning. Force yourself to laugh and you’ll soon find something to laugh about. Wax enthusiastic and you’ll very soon feel so. A being causes his own feelings. The greatest joy there is in life is creating. Splurge on it! |
| Pam Coulter Blehert | See what you see, not what someone tells you that you see. What you observe is what YOU observe. Look at things and life and others
directly, not through any cloud of prejudice, curtain of fear or the interpretation of another. Instead of arguing with others, get them to look. The most flagrant lies can be punctured, the greatest pretenses can be exposed, the most intricate puzzles can be resolved and the most remarkable revelations can occur, simply by gently insisting that someone LOOK. |
| Scott Reily | Communication is the root of marital success from which a strong union can grow, and noncommunication is the rock on which the ship will bash out her keel. |
| Les Warren | See what you see, not what someone tells you that you see. What you observe is what you observe. Look at things and life and others directly, not through any cloud of prejudice, curtain of fear or the interpretation of another. |
| Sandy Hockenbery | Personal integrity is knowing what you know — What you know is what you know — And to have the courage to know and say what you have observed. And that is integrity and there is no other integrity. |
| Caroline Wood | Trustworthiness is a highly esteemed commodity. When one has it, one is considered valuable. When one has lost it, one may be considered worthless. |
| Patricia Brugger | See what you see, not what someone tells you that you see. What you observe is what you observe. Look at things and life and others directly, not through any cloud of prejudice, curtain of fear or the interpretation of another. |
| Tammy Wozny | The goal is to win. When one has lost too much and too many times, the possibility of winning seems too remote to try. |
| Martin Dumain | One can feel that things are such now that it is much too late to do anything, that one’s past road is so messed up that there is no chance of drawing a future road that will be any different: there is always a point on the road when one can map a new one. And try to follow it. There is no person alive who cannot make a new beginning. |
| John Grieco | You are important to other people. You are listened to. You can influence others. |
| Ed Clark | One can solve the problems of existence only when he has true data. |
| Joseph L. Burns, II | Seek to live with the truth. Try not to do things to others that you would not like them to do to you. Be worthy of trust. |
| Patrick Hatchel | One can feel at times like a spinning leaf blown along a dirty street, one can feel like a grain of sand stuck in one place. But nobody has said that life was a calm and orderly thing; it isn’t. One isn’t a tattered leaf nor a grain of sand: one can, to a greater or lesser degree, draw his road map and follow it. |
| Daphna Hernandez | FLOURISH AND PROSPER Sometimes others seek to crush one down, to make nothing out of one’s hopes and dreams, one’s future and one, himself. By ridicule and many other means, another who is evil-intentioned toward one can try to bring about one's decline. For whatever reason, efforts to improve oneself, to become happier in life, can become the subject of attacks. It is sometimes necessary to handle such directly. But there is a long-range handling that seldom fails. What, exactly, are such people trying to do to one? They are trying to reduce one downward. They must conceive that one is dangerous to them in some way: that if one got up in the world, one could be a menace to them. So, in various ways, such seek to depress one’s talents and capabilities. Some madmen even have a general plan that goes like this: “If A becomes more successful, A could be a menace to me; therefore I must do all I can to make A less successful.” It never seems to occur to such that their actions might make an enemy out of A even though he was no enemy before. It can be classed as an almost certain way for such madmen to get into trouble. Some do it just from prejudice or because they “don’t like someone.” But however it is attempted, the real object of such is to make their target grow less and fail in life. The real handling of such a situation and such people, the real way to defeat them is to flourish and prosper. Oh, yes, it is true that such people, seeing one improve his lot, can become frantic and attack all the harder. The thing to do is handle them if one must but don’t give up flourishing and prospering for that is what such people want you to do. If you flourish and prosper more and more, such people go into apathy about it; they can give it up completely. If one’s aims in life are worthwhile, if one carries them out with some attention to the precepts in this book, if one flourishes and prospers, one certainly will wind up the victor. And, hopefully, without harming a single hair on their heads. And that is my wish for you: flourish and prosper! |
| Duncan Gray | Be of good appearance. It sometimes does not occur to some individuals–as they do not have to spend their days looking at themselves–that they form part of the scenery and appearance of others. And some do not realize that they are judged by others on the basis of their appearance. |
| Aquiles y Christina Enriques | Hay muchas personas en las que uno influye. La influencia puede ser buena o puede ser mala. Si uno conduce su vida de acuerdo a estas recomendaciones, esta dando un buen ejemplo. El camino a la felicidad requiere que uno dé un buen ejemplo a los demás. |
| Chuck McCarty | Any activity, skill or profession–ditch digging, law, engineering, cooking or whatever–no matter how well studied, collides at last with the acid test: can one DO it? |
| Grande Maurizio | Cerca di non fare agli altri ciò che non vorresti che gli altri facessero a te. |
| Heather Green | Never regret yesterday. Life is in you today, and you make your tomorrow. That mind which understands itself is the mind of a free man. |
| Bette Welker | THE SUPREME TEST OF A THETAN* IS HIS ABILITY TO MAKE THINGS GO RIGHT. * The person himself - not his body or his name, the physical universe, his mind, or anything else; that which is aware of being aware; the identity which is the individual. The thetan is most familiar to one and all as you. — Technical Dictionary, Definition 9. |
| Darrel Schlereth II | Sometimes others seek to crush one down, to make nothing out of one’s hopes and dreams, one’s future and one, himself. By ridicule and many other means, another who is evil-intentioned toward one can try to bring about one’s decline. For whatever reason, efforts to improve oneself, to become happier in life, can become the subject of attacks. It is sometimes necessary to handle such directly. But there is a long-range handling that seldom fails. What, exactly, are such people trying to do to one? They are trying to reduce one downward. They must conceive that one is dangerous to them in some way: that if one got up in the world, one could be a menace to them. So, in various ways, such seek to depress one’s talents and capabilities. Some madmen even have a general plan that goes like this: “If A becomes more successful, A could be a menace to me; therefore I must do all I can to make A less successful.” It never seems to occur to such that their actions might make an enemy out of A even though he was no enemy before. It can be classed as an almost certain way for such madmen to get into trouble. Some do it just from prejudice or because they “don’t like someone.” But however it is attempted, the real object of such is to make their target grow less and fail in life. The real handling of such a situation and such people, the real way to defeat them, is to flourish and prosper. Oh, yes, it is true that such people, seeing one improve his lot, can become frantic and attack all the harder. The thing to do is handle them if one must but don’t give up flourishing and prospering for that is what such people want you to do. If you flourish and prosper more and more, such people go into apathy about it; they can give it up completely. |
| Laura Yeh | True greatness merely refuses to change in the face of bad actions against one - and a truly great person loves his fellows because he understands them. |
| Kevin J. Taylor | You are truth. |
| Beth Leiker | The most flagrant lies can be punctured, the greatest pretenses can be exposed, the most intricate puzzles can be resolved and the most remarkable revelations can occur, simply by gently insisting that someone LOOK. |
| Francesco Cuccaro | Dati falsi possono far commettere errori stupidi. Possono persino
impedire di assimilare i dati autentici. E’ possibile risolvere i problemi dell'esistenza solo quando si posseggono dati autentici. Se le persone attorno a noi mentono, questo ci porta a commettere errori e riduce il nostro potenziale di sopravvivenza. Dati falsi possono venire da molte fonti, la scuola, la società, la professione. Molti vogliono farti credere delle cose solo perchè questo serve ai loro fini. Ciò che è vero, è ciò che è vero per te. Nessuno ha il diritto di costringerti ad accettare dei dati o ordinarti di credere ad una cosa piuttosto che ad un’altra. Se non è vero per te, non è vero. Scegli la tua strada, accetta ciò che è vero per te, elimina il resto. Non c’è infelicità maggiore di quella di chi cerca di vivere in un caos di bugie. |
| David Sanders | RESPECT THE RELIGIOUS BELIEFS OF OTHERS Tolerance is a good cornerstone on which to build human relationships. When one views the slaughter and suffering caused by religious intolerance throughout all the history of man and into modern times, one can see that intolerance is a very nonsurvival activity. Religious tolerance does not mean one cannot express his own beliefs. It does mean that seeking to undermine or attack the religious faith and beliefs of another has always been a short road to trouble. Philosophers since the time of ancient Greece have disputed with one another about the nature of God, man and the universe. The opinions of authorities ebb and flow. Just now the philosophies of “mechanism” and “materialism” – dating as far back as Egypt and Greece – are the fad: They seek to assert that all is matter and overlook that, neat as their explanations of evolution may be, they still do not rule out additional factors that might be at work, that might be merely using such things as evolution. They are, today, the “official” philosophies and are even taught in schools. They have their own zealots who attack the beliefs and religions of others: the result can be intolerance and contention.... The way to happiness can become contentious when one fails to respect the religious beliefs of others. |
| Janna Trevisanut | Do Not Harm a Person of Good Will. Despite the insistence of evil men that all men are evil, there are many good men around and women, too. You may have been fortunate enough to know some. Factually, the society runs on men and women of good will. Public workers, opinion leaders, those in the private sector who do their jobs are, in the great majority, people of good will. If they weren't, they long since would have ceased to serve. Such people are easy to attack: their very decency prevents them from overprotecting themselves. Yet the survival of most of the individuals in a society depends upon them. The violent criminal, the propagandist, the sensation-seeking media all tend to distract one’s attention from the solid, everyday fact that the society would not run at all were it not for the individuals of good will. As they guard the street, counsel the children, take the temperatures, put out the fires and speak good sense in quiet voices, one is apt to overlook the fact that people of good will are the ones that keep the world going and man alive upon this Earth. Yet such can be attacked and strong measures should be advocated and taken to defend them and keep them from harm, for your own survival and that of your family and friends depends upon them. The way to happiness is far more easily followed when one supports people of good will. |
| Craig Slack | The pebble, dropped in a pool, can make ripples to the furthest shore. |
| Marianne Lower Paul | False data can cause one to make stupid mistakes. It can even block one from absorbing true data. One can solve the problems of existence only when he has true data. If those around one lie to him or her, one is lead into making errors and his survival potential is reduced. False data can come from many sources: academic, social, professional. Many want you to believe things just to suit their own ends. What is true, is what is true for you. No one has any right to force data on you and command you to believe it or else. If it is not true for you, it isn't true. Think your own way through things, accept what is true for you, discard the rest. There is nothing unhappier than one who tries to live in a chaos of lies. |
| Robert Nebeker | Understanding is the universal solvent. It washes away everything. |
| Troy Rickards | He who can truly communicate to others is a higher being who builds new worlds. |
| Valon Mitchell Cross | It isn’t magic or luck that makes the professional. It’s hard won know-how carefully applied. |
| Kent Gunderson | A culture is as great as its dreams, and its dreams are dreamed by artists. |
| Paul Steinmeyer | Despite the insistence of evil men that all men are evil, there are many good men
around and women, too. You may have been fortunate enough to know some. Factually, the society runs on men and women of good will. Public workers, opinion leaders, those in the private sector who do their jobs are, in the great majority, people of good will. If they weren’t, they long since would have ceased to serve. Such people are easy to attack: their very decency prevents them from overprotecting themselves. Yet the survival of most of the individuals in a society depends on them. The violent criminal, the propagandist, the sensation-seeking media all tend to distract one’s attention from the solid, everyday fact that the society would not run at all were it not for the individuals of good will. As they guard the street, counsel the children, take the temperatures, put out the fires and speak good sense in quiet voices, one is apt to overlook the fact that people of good will are the ones that keep the world going and man alive upon this earth. |
| Jim Mourgos | Never disparage yourself or minimize your strength or power. |
| Jody Fuller | It is in your power to point the way to a less dangerous and happier life. |
| Matt Feschbach | There is a direct ratio between the health and ability of the person and his willingness to accept responsibility. |
| Devora Lindeman | There is nothing wrong with being the most important person under the sun if everybody else is just as important as you are. |
| M. Margarita Calvillo | La prueba suprema de un thetan* es su habilidad de hacer que las cosas vallan bien. L. Ronald Hubbard * Espirito . |
| Rex Morrison | True greatness merely refuses to change in the face of bad actions against one - and a truly great person loves his fellows because he understands them. |
| Felix Macri | Be Worthy of Trust. Unless one can have confidence in the reliability of those about one, he, himself, is at risk. When those he counts upon let him down, his own life can become disordered and even his own survival can be put at risk. |
| Duncan Guertin | When in doubt, communicate. |
| Marc Ferreira | Man thought he HAD a human spirit. That is totally incorrect. Man IS a human spirit which is enwrapped more or less in a mind which is in a body. |
| Jack S. Broad | A man is as dead as he can’t communicate. He is alive as he can communicate. |
| Pattie and Carl Pirone | Never regret yesterday. Life is in you today, and you make your tomorrow. L. Ron Hubbard Look. See what you see, not what someone tells you that you see. L. Ron Hubbard |
| Luigi Loconte | A volte ci si può sentire come foglie trascinate dal vento, ci si può sentire insignificanti come un granello di sabbia lungo una strada sporca. Ma nessuno ha mai detto che la vita era una cosa calma e ordinata; non lo è. Una persona non è una foglia secca, nè un granello di sabbia: una persona può, in misura più o meno grande, tracciare il proprio persorso e seguirlo. |
| Randy Wise | The hardest task one can have is to continue to love his fellows despite all reasons he
should not. And the true sign of sanity and greatness is to so continue. |
| Tom Jacoby | The only time anyone has ever gotten into serious trouble was when he decided he could do nothing about something. |
| Cheryl Stewart | All things are complex when they are poorly understood. |
| Stan Gerson | When in doubt, communicate. |
| Miles Alden | All a suppressive person or society is trying to do is prevent one from flourishing and prospering. |
| Hubert Heller | Art is a word which summarizes the quality of communication. |
| Lynne Evans | It should never be considered by anyone or under any circumstances that anything which can affect him could be beyond his ability to know the full nature of what he is experiencing. If any lesson is contained in Scientology, it is the lesson that the gates to all knowingness are open. |
| Victor Tryfos | The clue to happiness is being interested in life. People’s happiness is as great as they can create it. |
| Benjamin Holenstein | |
| Heather Watson | Actually a “reward” is what one desires, not what is given. Approval and validation are often far more valuable than material rewards and are usually worked for far harder than mere pay. |
| Adam Harrison | And if you like, carry it further and conclude what the truth is for you. After all, you are the one who is going to have to use it or not use it, think with it or not think with it. If one blindly accepts “facts” or “truths” just because he is told he must, “facts” and “truths” which do not seem true to one, or even false, the end result can be an unhappy one. |
| George Wynns | Any advice one might give to another on this subject [“Faith” and “belief” do not necesarily surrender to logic: they cannot even be declared to be illogical. They can be quite apart.] is safest when it simply asserts the right to believe as one chooses. One is at liberty to hold up his own beliefs for acceptance. One is at risk when he seeks to assault the beliefs of others, much more so when he attacks and seeks to harm others because of their religious convictions. |
| Adrian Hayman | So that is the basic lesson that anybody learns in this universe. They learn to keep their mouth shut, and it's the wrong lesson. When in doubt, talk. When in doubt, communicate. |
| Helene Bogart | A professional is somebody who can produce a high-quality product. |
| David Turner | If we take a man and we keep giving him advice and giving him help and pushing him
along and so on, we don’t necessarily wind up with the resolution of his problems. But if, on the other hand, we put him in a position where he had higher intelligence, where his reaction time was better, where he could confront life better, where he could identify the factors in his life more easily, then he’s in a position where he can solve his own problems. So he looks around, he starts solving his own problems and so he betters his own life. |
| Nick Mesa | People who keep their word are trusted and admired. People who do not are regarded like garbage. Those who break their word often never get another chance. |
| Justine Syck | The way to happiness requires that one set a good example for others |
| Jerry G. Nemier | Your potentialities are a great deal better than anyone ever permitted you to believe. L. Ron Hubbard What is true for you is what you have observed yourself. And when you lose that you have lost everything. L. Ron Hubbard The ultimate weapon is to flourish and prosper. L. Ron Hubbard When in doubt, communicate. L. Ron Hubbard |
| Charlotte L. Kates | “See what you see, not what someone tells you that you see. What you observe is what you observe. Look at things and life and others directly, not through any cloud of prejudice, curtain of fear or the interpretation of another. Instead of arguing with others, get them to look. The most flagrant lies can be punctured, the greatest pretenses can be exposed, the most intricate puzzles can be resolved and the most remarkable revelations can occur, simply by gently insisting that someone look. ” |
| Tony Robertson | The only time anyone has ever gotten into serious trouble was when he decided he could do nothing about something. L. Ron Hubbard Dianetics 55! |
| Janet Valdez | If you get caught in the middle, it’s because you’ve bought a riddle. |
| Donna Ferreira | I know no man who has any monopoly upon the wisdom of this universe. It belongs to those who can use it to help themselves and others. |
| Michael Klaumann | The first state above man is a being who can communicate. We instinctively revere the great artist, painter or musician and society as a whole looks upon them as not quite ordinary beings. And they are not. They are a cut above Man. |
| Mellissa Mccullough | Life is a game. A game consists of freedom, barriers and purposes. |
| Vicki Gordon | Insecurity exists in the absence of knowledge. All security derives from knowledge |
| Kelly Roe | Try Not to do Things to Others That You Would Not Like Them to Do to You. |
| Richard Allan | Our attitude to life makes every possible difference to our living. It is not necessary to study a thousand ancient books to discover this fact; but sometimes it needs to be pointed out again. Life does not change so much as our attitude toward it. |
| Hugo Calpena | Intenta tratar a otros como te gustaría que ellos te trataran a ti. |
| Andrea Passero | La via della felicita' puo' essere veramente difficile se non si rispettano le credenze religiose degli altri. |
| Walter Schierony | Toda la felicidad que llegaras a encontrar esta en ti mismo. |
| Rafael Calvillo | El camino a la felicidad es un camino de alta velocidad para aquellos que saben en donde estan los bordes. Tu eres el chofer. Que tengas buen viaje. |
| Miguel Angel Vasquez | La prueba suprema de un thetan* es su habilidad de hacer que las cosas vallan bien. L. Ronald Hubbard * Spirito |
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