Sad But True.  Self-evident truths.

 What is a truism?  A truism is a truth that is so obvious one cannot argue the fact.

Here are my self-evident truths:  sad but true:

1. AN ELITE IS INEVITABLE

2.  ANGER OR HATE CAN BE A USEFUL MOTIVATING FORCE

3. A STRONG SENSE OF DUTY IMPRISONS YOU

4.  ABSOLUTE SUBMISSION CAN BE A FORM OF FREEDOM

5.  ABSTRACTION IS A TYPE OF DECADENCE

6.  ABUSE OF POWER COMES AS NO SURPRISE

7.  ACTION CAUSES MORE TROUBLE THAN THOUGHT

8.  ALIENATION PRODUCES ECCENTRICS OR REVOLUTIONARIES

9.  ALL THINGS ARE DELICATELY INTERCONNECTED

10.  AMBITION IS JUST AS DANGEROUS AS COMPLACENCY

11.  AMBIVALENCE CAN RUIN YOUR LIFE ANY SURPLUS IS IMMORAL

12.  ANYTHING IS A LEGITIMATE AREA OF INVESTIGATION

13.  ARTIFICIAL DESIRES ARE DESPOILING THE EARTH

14.  AT TIMES INACTIVITY IS PREFERABLE TO MINDLESS FUNCTIONING

15.  AT TIMES YOUR UNCONSCIOUSNESS IS TRUER THAN YOUR CONSCIOUS MIND

16.  AUTOMATION IS DEADLY

17.  AWFUL PUNISHMENT AWAITS REALLY BAD PEOPLE

18.  BAD INTENTIONS CAN YIELD GOOD RESULTS

19.  BEING ALONE WITH YOURSELF IS INCREASINGLY UNPOPULAR

20.  BEING HAPPY IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN ANYTHING ELSE

21.  BEING JUDGMENTAL IS A SIGN OF LIFE

22.  BEING SURE OF YOURSELF MEANS YOU'RE A FOOL

23.  BELIEVING IN REBIRTH IS THE SAME AS ADMITTING DEFEAT

24.  BOREDOM MAKES YOU DO CRAZY THINGS

25.  CALM IS MORE CONDUCTIVE TO CREATIVITY THAN IS ANXIETY

26.  CATEGORIZING FEAR IS CALMING

27.  CHANGE IS VALUABLE WHEN THE OPPRESSED BECOME TYRANTS

28.  CHASING THE NEW IS DANGEROUS TO SOCIETY

29.  CHILDREN ARE THE MOST CRUEL OF ALL

30.  CHILDREN ARE THE HOPE OF THE FUTURE

31.  CLASS ACTION IS A NICE IDEA WITH NO SUBSTANCE

32.  CLASS STRUCTURE IS AS ARTIFICIAL AS PLASTIC

33. CONFUSING YOURSELF IS A WAY TO STAY HONEST

34.  CRIME AGAINST PROPERTY IS RELATIVELY UNIMPORTANT

35.  DECADENCE CAN BE AN END IN ITSELF

36.  DECENCY IS A RELATIVE THING

37.  DEPENDENCE CAN BE A MEAL TICKET

38.  DESCRIPTION IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN METAPHOR

39.  DEVIANTS ARE SACRIFICED TO INCREASE GROUP SOLIDARITY

40.  DISGUST IS THE APPROPRIATE RESPONSE TO MOST SITUATIONS

41.  DISORGANIZATION IS A KIND OF ANESTHESIA

42.  DON'T PLACE TO MUCH TRUST IN EXPERTS

43.  DRAMA OFTEN OBSCURES THE REAL ISSUES

44.  DREAMING WHILE AWAKE IS A FRIGHTENING CONTRADICTION

45.  DYING AND COMING BACK GIVES YOU CONSIDERABLE PERSPECTIVE

46.  DYING SHOULD BE AS EASY AS FALLING OFF A LOG

47.  EATING TOO MUCH IS CRIMINAL

48.  ELABORATION IS A FORM OF POLLUTION

49.  EMOTIONAL RESPONSES AR AS VALUABLE AS INTELLECTUAL RESPONSES

50. ENJOY YOURSELF BECAUSE YOU CAN'T CHANGE ANYTHING ANYWAY