"Look to this day, for it is life,
The very life of life.
In its brief course lie all the
Varieties and realities of your existence;
The bliss of growth,
The splendor of beauty,
The glory of action.
For yesterday is but a dream
And tomorrow is only a vision.
But today well lived
Makes every yesterday a dream of happiness,
And every tomorrow a vision of hope.
Look well therefore to this day!"
-from the Sanskrit

Wall of Denial
by Stevie Ray Vaughn

A wall of denial is fallin' down.
Wo it's fallin' so hard...down to the ground.

Never knew something so strong could be washed away by tears.
But this wall of denial was just built on fear.

We've all had our demons from the garden of white lies.
Dressed them, amused them... pullin' wool over our eyes.
Go so far as to love them to keep from letting them go.
All the while they we're killin' us, but we couldn't let it show.

No matter what the trouble we carry 'round inside.
We're never safe from the truth but in the truth we can survive,
When this wall of denial comes tumblin' down...
Down to the ground.

Simple things in life bring the greatest pleasure,
A smile, a kiss... a little baby's laughter.
It makes no difference if we run away in fear.
The little things in life hold us so near.

No matter what the trouble we carry 'round inside,
Never safe from the truth but in the truth we can survive,
When this wall of denial comes tumblin' down.
Yeah this wall of denial must tumble down...
Down to the ground.

"Capt. Bill rationalizes away everything critical that was said, not
only by doing the typical Scn spin of putting blame on the
whistleblowers (they had to have had "missed witholds"), but also by
using the lame and rather naive argument that because LRH had his good
moments, the accounts of his abusiveness couldn't possibly be true.
What he never came to realize is that even the most evil tyrants have
moments when they're benovolent and good hearted. No one I know of
who had personal contact with LRH (myself included), ever denied that
LRH could be charming at times, but that hardly excuses his abuses,
including the RPF, which was LRH's idea and instituted before
Miscavige was ever a major player." - Monica

"HAVE YOU EVER WOKEN THE FUCK UP AND THOUGHT
FOR YOURSELF INSTEAD OF FOLLOWING THE RANTINGS
OF A RAVING, LIEING, PSYCHOTIC LUNATIC?"
- Jack giant

"I have met Tory before, she is not a Marcabian." - Virginia

"Any group arrogant enough to believe it has the exclusive ability to
"Save The Planet" will inevitably conclude that any crimes are justified in
pursuit of its `higher purpose.' " -Ed Wolfe

"They don't make Jews like Jesus anymore"

-Kinky Friedman

"I have no personal real experience with OSA
(my pet died a natural death)" - Antique Hoax

"You see right through distorted eyes, you know you had to learn
The execution of your mind, you really had to turn
The race is run, the book is read, the end begins to show
The truth is out, the lies are old, but you don't want to know"
- Black Sabbath

"An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind." - Ghandi

A snide remark gains you nothing, yet costs you much. A selfish act brings
no lasting value, yet it attracts the enduring resentment of others. A kind
word, on the other hand, costs you nothing. And it can bring about a
lifetime of value.

What if, just once each day, you were to stop yourself before making a cruel
remark and replace it with a sincere word of encouragement? Such a thing
would cost you absolutely nothing, and yet it would bring real, positive
value to your life and your world.

Cruelty is a waste of precious time and energy. Kindness is an investment
which pays endless dividends.

If you desire a life of value, then do the things which bring true value, as
often as you can. Fill your moments with kindness, and fill your world with
value.

Ralph Marston

"Life is ten percent what happens to you
and ninety percent how you respond to it."
- Lou Holtz

"Politics is the art of preventing people from taking part in affairs which properly concern them." - Paul Valery

"Problem is, the end result of Scientology seems to be
one of the most restrictive, uncreative and unspontaneous
schemes ever observed in human beings." - Blue Streak