L. Ron Hubbard quotes

L. Ron Hubbard was an American author and the founder of the Church of Scientology. Known first for his prolific science fiction and fantasy writing, he later developed Dianetics, a set of beliefs and practices related to mental health. He became a highly controversial figure, with a lasting impact on religion and popular culture. Here are 112 of his quotes:

Never regret yesterday. Life is in you today, and you make your tomorrow. (L. Ron Hubbard)
There is no national problem in the world today, which cannot be resolved by reason alone. View quote
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A culture is only as great as its dreams, and its dreams are dreamed by artists. View quote
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It was my responsibility that this world got itself an atom bomb, because there were only a handful of nuclear physicists in the thirties - only a handful. And we were all beating the desk and saying "How wonderful it will be if we discover atomic fission." View quote
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This is useful knowledge. With it the blind again see, the lame walk, the ill recover, the insane become sane and the sane become saner. By its use the thousand abilities Man has sought to recover become his once more. View quote
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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. View quote
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Oh yes! The one man in the world who never believes he's mad is the madman. View quote
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Leukemia is evidently psychosomatic in origin and at least eight cases of leukemia had been treated successfully by Dianetics after medicine had traditionally given up. The source of leukemia has been reported to be an engram containing the phrase 'It turns my blood to water. View quote
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You can get a much better fee - I tell you as auditors quite frankly - it's much easier to get a great deal of money out of somebody who's on a down spiral into becoming MEST than it is to get money out of somebody who is going on an up spiral toward becoming theta. View quote
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Freedom is for honest people. No man who is not himself honest can be free - he is in his own trap. View quote
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There is no more ethical group on this planet than ourselves. (L. Ron Hubbard)
In any event, any person from 2.0 down on the Tone Scale should not have, in any thinking society, any civil rights of any kind, because by abusing those rights he brings into being arduous and strenuous laws which are oppressive to those who need no such restraints. View quote
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There are conditions worse than being unable to see, and that is imagining one sees. View quote
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Unethical conduct is actually the conduct of destruction and fear; lies are told because one is afraid of the consequences should one tell the truth; thus, the liar is inevitably a coward, the coward is inevitably a liar. View quote
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In all the broad Universe there is no other hope for Man than ourselves. View quote
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God was feeling sardonic the day He created the Universe. So it's rather up to at least one man every few centuries to pop up and come just as close to making him swallow his laughter as possible. View quote
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Despite the amount of suffering, pain, misery, sorrow and travail which can exist in life, the reason for existence is the same reason as one has to play a game - interest, contest, activity and possession. The truth of this assertion is established by an observation of the elements of games and then applying these elements to life itself. View quote
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I set out to try to help my fellow man and to do what little I could to make the world a better place. View quote
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Advanced Courses are the most valuable service on the planet. Life insurance, houses, cars, stocks, bonds, college savings, all are transitory and impermanent ... There is nothing to compare with Advanced Courses. They are infinitely valuable and transcend time itself. View quote
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The purpose of the suit is to harass and discourage rather than to win. The law can be used very easily to harass, and enough harassment on somebody who is simply on the thin edge anyway, well knowing that he is not authorized, will generally be sufficient to cause his professional decease. If possible, of course, ruin him utterly. View quote
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You don't get rich writing science fiction. If you want to get rich, you start a religion. (L. Ron Hubbard)
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. View quote
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The one impulse in man which cannot be erased is his impulse toward freedom, his impulse toward sanity, toward higher levels of attainment in all of his endeavors. View quote
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Unfortunately, it is all too often true that suppressors to a creative action must be removed before construction and creation takes place. Any person very high on the Tone Scale may level destruction toward a suppressor. View quote
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If attacked on some vulnerable point by anyone or anything or any organization, always find or manufacture enough threat against them to cause them to sue for peace. View quote
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