LRH Quotes
No Say
You’d only have no say in the matter if you didn’t speak.
ref: LRH tape lecture 5510C29A – LPLS-7 – The Machinery of the Mind
Self-Confidence
Self-confidence alone is security. Your ability is your security. There is no security but you…. Actually you are a giant tied down with cotton lint. You tied the knots and furnished the string and said where you’d lie…. Basic truth is that you are a vital and necessary part of this world and anything that is wrong with you, you have assumed in an effort to be what has passed for “human.”
— Handbook for Preclears “The Third Act”
Gradient
A gradient is simply a little bit more, added to a little bit more, until you get a whole range from a small amount to a large amount.
ref: LRH tape lecture 5704C14A – LCNRH-10 – The Reality Scale and the Effect Scale
Scientology Does Not Teach
Scientology, of all the sciences, 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.
— Scientology: The Fundamentals of Thought “Chapter 8”
Life and Survival
Life is an interdependent, cooperative effort. Each and every living organism has a part to play in the Survival of other organisms.
When it comes to a thinking mind such as Man’s, the organism must be able to act independently for its own Survival and the Survival of others. In order to accomplish these Survivals, however, a mind has to be able to realize solutions which are optimum not only for self but for all other things concerned in its Survival.
— Self Analysis “Chapter Four”
Befriend Yourself
Probably the most neglected friend you have is you. And yet every man, before he can be a true friend to the world must first become a friend to himself.
— Self Analysis “Chapter One”
Trust
On the day when we can fully trust each other, there will be peace on Earth.
— New Slant on Life, chapter “Honest People Have Rights Too.”
To Love
To love in spite of all is the secret of greatness. And may very well be the greatest secret in this universe.
— Essay “What is Greatness?” 1966
Affinity in Essence
Affinity is never identification, nor does it go quite so far as empathy. You remain very much yourself when you have affinity for something but you also feel the essence of the thing for which you have affinity. You remain yourself and, yet, you draw closer to the object for which you have affinity. It is not a binding quality.
There are no strings attached when affinity is given. To the receiver it carries no duties and no responsibilities. It is pure, easy and natural and flows out from you as easily as sunlight flows from the sun.
— Dianetic Auditor’s Bulletin Vol 1, No 8 | Feb 1951 “The Theory of Affinity, Reality and Communication”