Long ago, I ceased utterly to defend myself against lies and calumny where it occurred. To some this will be considered strange. But how can one control the vaporings of a press which never interviews one? Does one condemn and fight each rumor or lie? I long ago realized I had not the time. But mainly I had not the inclination to stop man’s speech and punish him for being what he was and for thinking what he did.

    So what does one do? Does one seek vengeance and death on men because they are ignorant, dull or intolerant? Not when one’s mission is to understand and help men.

    Does one defend oneself against lies and infamy when one is already too busy doing his job? 

    What I have done for man’s use cannot be undone by thousands of hostile columns of press or a hundred billion slanderous lies. I have carried out my basic intention—to understand man and help him attain greater heights of civilization through knowledge of himself.

                                    L Ron Hubbard