“I don’t follow a gradient scale as closely as you might think. If I fail at something, I set up two. You say, ‘Yes, you can fall flat on your face doing that.’ Yes sir! But when you make gains, you sure knew you jumped a span. …
“The mission of the MEST universe is ‘Fail, fella. And then we’re more MEST.’ ‘Unless thou failest, thy shalt not be,’ says the MEST universe, ‘so you better fail.’ And the only way to fool it is, is just take a look at it and say, ‘It’s just MEST. All right.’ Your own case isn’t serious, then. …
“I don’t think anybody has given any thought to something, merely because it’s too far out and beyond one’s thought.”
— L. Ron Hubbard
Excerpted from the lecture Your Own Case: To You, The Student delivered on 18 December 1952. This can be found in the Philadelphia Doctorate Course lectures. Track 16.
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