Truisms (b-f)

• bad intentions can yield good results
• being alone with yourself is increasingly unpopular
• being happy is more important than anything else
• being judgmental is a sign of life
• being sure of yourself means you're a fool
• believing in rebirth is the same as admitting defeat
• boredom makes you do crazy things
• calm is more conductive to creativity than is anxiety
• categorizing fear is calming
• change is valuable when the oppressed become tyrants
• chasing the new is dangerous to society
• children are the most cruel of all
• children are the hope of the future
• class action is a nice idea with no substance
• class structure is as artificial as plastic
• confusing yourself is a way to stay honest
• crime against property is relatively unimportant
• decadence can be an end in itself
• decency is a relative thing
• dependence can be a meal ticket
• description is more important than metaphor
• deviants are sacrificed to increase group solidarity
• disgust is the appropriate response to most situations
• disorganization is a kind of anesthesia
• don't place to much trust in experts
• drama often obscures the real issues
• dreaming while awake is a frightening contradiction
• dying and coming back gives you considerable perspective
• dying should be as easy as falling off a log
• eating too much is criminal
• elaboration is a form of pollution
• emotional responses ar as valuable as intellectual responses
• enjoy yourself because you can't change anything anyway
• ensure that your life stays in flux
• even your family can betray you
• every achievement requires a sacrifice
• everyone's work is equally important
• everything that's interesting is new
• exceptional people deserve special concessions
• expiring for love is beautiful but stupid
• expressing anger is necessary
• extreme behavior has its basis in pathological psychology
• extreme self-consciousness leads to perversion
• faithfulness is a social not a biological law
• fake or real indifference is a powerful personal weapon
• fathers often use too much force
• fear is the greatest incapacitator
• freedom is a luxury not a necessity