Truisms

Truisms is a claim that is so obvious or self-evident as to be hardly worth mentioning, except as a reminder or as a rhetorical or literary device and is the opposite of falsism.

Here is some of Jenny Holzer's truisms:

• A LITTLE KNOWLEDGE CAN GO A LONG WAY
• A MAN CAN'T KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE A MOTHER
• A NAME MEANS A LOT JUST BY ITSELF
• A POSITIVE ATTITUDE MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD
• A SINCERE EFFORT IS ALL YOU CAN ASK
• A SOLID HOME BASE BUILDS A SENSE OF SELF
• ACTION CAUSES MORE TROUBLE THAN THOUGHT
• ANGER OR HATE CAN BE A USEFUL MOTIVATING FORCE
• AWFUL PUNISHMENT AWAITS REALLY BAD PEOPLE
• BEING HAPPY IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN ANYTHING ELSE
• BOREDOM MAKES YOU DO CRAZY THINGS
• CALM IS MORE CONDUCIVE TO CREATIVITY THAN IS ANXIETY
• DESCRIPTION IS MORE VALUABLE THAN METAPHOR
• DON'T RUN PEOPLE'S LIVES FOR THEM
• DRAMA OFTEN OBSCURES THE REAL ISSUES
• ENJOY YOURSELF BECAUSE YOU CAN'T CHANGE ANYTHING ANYWAY
• EVERY ACHIEVEMENT REQUIRES A SACRIFICE
• EXTREME SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS LEADS TO PERVERSION
• LETTING GO IS THE HARDEST THING TO DO
• MOSTLY YOU SHOULD MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS
• MOTHERS SHOULDN'T MAKE TOO MANY SACRIFICES
• SELF-AWARENESS CAN BE CRIPPLING
• SELFLESSNESS IS THE HIGHEST ACHIEVEMENT
• SOME WOUNDS NEVER HEAL
• SOMETIMES ALL YOU CAN DO IS LOOK THE OTHER WAY
• SOMETIMES SCIENCE ADVANCES FASTER THAN IT SHOULD
• SOMETIMES THINGS SEEM TO HAPPEN OF THEIR OWN ACCORD
• THE CRUELEST DISAPPOINTMENT IS WHEN YOU LET YOURSELF DOWN
• THINKING TOO MUCH CAN ONLY CAUSE PROBLEMS