L. Ron Hubbard Quotes - Page 3

I have seen life from the top down and the bottom up. I know how it looks both ways. And I know there is wisdom and that there is hope.

To be happy, one only must be able to confront, which is to say, experience, those things that are. Unhappiness is only this the inability to confront that which is.

I like to help others and count it as my greatest pleasure in life to see a person free himself of the shadows which darken his days.

The test of true competence is the end result.

I like to help others and count it as my greatest pleasure in life to see a person free himself of the shadows which darken his days. These shadows look so thick to him and weigh him down so that when he finds they are shadows and that he can see through them, walk through them and be again in the sun, he is enormously delighted. And I am afraid I am just as delighted as he is.

Any information is valuable to the degree that you can use it. In other words, any information is valuable to the degree that you can make it yours. Scientology does not teach you. It only reminds you. For the information was yours in the first place. It is not only the science of life, but it is an account of what you were doing before you forgot what you were doing.

Dianetics is an adventure. It is an exploration into Terra Incognita, the human mind, that vast and hitherto unknown realm half an inch back of our foreheads.

Dreams, goals, ambitions - these are the stuff man uses for fuel.

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.

True greatness depends on total wisdom. The real lesson is to learn to love.

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.

The freedom of an individual depends upon that individual's freedom to alter his considerations of space, energy, time and life and his roles in it. If he cannot change his mind about these, he is then fixed and enslaved amidst barriers such as those of the physical universe, and barriers of his own creation. Man thus is seen to be enslaved by barriers of his own creation. He creates these barriers himself, or by agreeing with things which hold these barriers to be actual.

When reading a book, be very certain that you never go past a word you do not fully understand. The only reason a person gives up a study or becomes confused or unable to learn is because he or she has gone past a word that was not understood.

Convince a man that he is an animal, that his own dignity and selfrespect are delusions, that there is no 'beyond' to aspire to, no higher potential self to achieve, and you have a slave. Let a man know he is himself, a spiritual being, that he is capable of the power of choice and has the right to aspire to greater wisdom and you have started him up a higher road.

Truth is an all-freeing mechanism.

The way to happiness is much, much easier to travel with people one can trust.

The way out is the way through.

It requires real strength to love Man. And to love him despite all invitations to do otherwise, all provocations and all reasons why one should not.

The third principle is that any philosophic knowledge is only valuable if it is true or if it works.

A true Educator locates the intelligence and abilities within another, drawing them out for all, even the student, to see. And then steps out of the way, allowing them to develop, create and pursue their talent.

The greatest ability in the whole human race and all amongst the livingness, is the ability to help. And when you can improve that ability all the way up along the line, you've improved about all there is to improve about a person.

Tolerance is a good cornerstone on which to build human relationships.

There are no conflicts which cannot be resolved unless the true promoters of them remain hidden.

The Ultimate decision, the fastest decision there is, is ACTION!

This relationship is the vessel wherein is nurtured the life force of both individuals, whereby they create the future of the human race in body and thought.