From generation to generation, lights are extinguished and darkness threatens until some one stoops to bear the torch.

The future is won or lost in the war of ideas.

Those who refuse to look at or give expression to the dark side of life are in denial-fear preventing passage through the door of growth, truth and, ultimately, wisdom.

Life is inherently disturbing. That's why we've created the myths-to help us overcome, defend or deny, to transcend the grim reality of what here seems to be.

War, hatred, and violence all spring from one infernal idea: that one person, race, creed, or culture is better than another.

There are some who dream their lives away, but end up doing nothing, and others who do their lives away, and end up never dreaming.

Over the course of the millennia, all these ancestors in your tree, generation upon generation, have come down to this moment in time-to give birth to you. There has never been, nor will ever be, another like you. You have been given a tremendous responsibility. You carry the hopes and dreams of all those who have gone before. Hopes and dreams for a better world. What will you do with your time on this Earth? How will you contribute to the ongoing story of humankind?