20 – We are likely to deny that which we do not understand, even if it is the truth

21 – In this age, even the exchange of harmless, subjective opinions is treated like a political affair.

22 – Failure is as often the result of inaction as it is of incorrect action.

23 – Reason is a comfort, for reality is often unreasonable.

24 – Those who deny the existence of sin or evil oftentimes wish to perpetuate it.

25 – Holiness, as well as other virtues or aspirations, does not simply fall into the laps of idlers. It must be strived after at all times to be attained, and never abandoned once captured.

26 – The reductionist may think themselves intelligent, when they may only be thinking less.

27 – In the sight of the righteous, the lover of evil strives to make their vice appear as virtue.

28 – Evil is never found in moderation, it is either present or absent. The term “greater evil” is only ever used to justify another evil.

29 – No virtue, no matter how lofty, is great enough to outweigh vice. A virtuous man with vices is a vice-ridden man nonetheless.

30 – Reality, so far as it can be understood, is that which persists beyond perception. That is to say, reality is what exists in ante and post, as well as during the act of perceiving.

31 – If what is public is general, then what is private is particular.

32 – If truth is publicly viewed, then our interpretations of it are privately captured. The truth may be shown to all, but “all” is made up of individuals.

33 – So long as tastes and favors exist, there can never be objectively “bad art,” or “bad ideas,” only agreements leading to strong correlations of something being “bad.”