most men and women, by birth or nature, lack the means to advance in wealth or power, but all have the ability to advance in knowledge.

A fool is known by his speech; and a wise man by silence.

Do not go to bed until you have gone over the day three times in your mind. What wrong did I do? What good did I accomplish? What did I forget to do?

The highest goal of music is to connect one's soul to their Divine Nature, not entertainment

The oldest, shortest words - 'yes' and 'no' - are those which require the most thought.

Learn to be silent. Let your quiet mind listen and absorb.

There is geometry in the humming of the strings, there is music in the spacing of the spheres.

As long as man continues to be the ruthless destroyer of lower living beings he will never know health or peace. For as long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other.

Don't try to cover your mistakes with false words. Rather, correct your mistakes with examination.

Numbers have a way of taking a man by the hand and leading him down the path of reason.

In anger we should refrain both from speech and action.

If people ever question your loyalty, you never had theirs.

A man's vanity tells him what is honour a man's conscience what is justice.

There's one thing about baldness - it's neat.

An actor is totally vulnerable. His total personality is exposed to critical judgment - his intellect, his bearing, his diction, his whole appearance. In short, his ego.

Live as if you thought that Christ might come at any time.

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.

Bread is the king of the table and all else is merely the court that surrounds the king. The countries are the soup, the meat, the vegetables, the salad, but bread is king.

To hell with being ashamed of what you liked.

Everybody has down times and stuff that they have to work through. I worked through that stuff because I've always wanted to be playing soccer.

I appreciate the fact, and am proud of it, that the attentions I am receiving are intended more for our country than for me personally.