When marrying, ask yourself: do you believe you will enjoy talking with this person into your old age?

The best friend will probably get the best wife, because a good marriage is founded on the talent for friendship.

The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently.

It is the most sensual men who need to flee women and torment their bodies.

Your belief system tends to be a function of how you were raised. Being raised in the Midwest and in a relatively conservative household, my views were shaped by my upbringing, by my Christian faith.

I love my God, and whenever I want something, I pray to Him, and my wish is fulfilled. That's my success mantra.

I love - oh God, I shouldn't say this - I'm really good at bringing orchids back from the dead.

Because Scientologists view children as spiritual beings, you're not treated as a kid, so you're given a lot of responsibility. Your ego becomes extremely inflated.