the coda quotes

Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your
liberty.

-The Coda

No sweeteners will cloak some forms of bitterness. If it tastes bitter, spit
it out. That's what our earliest ancestors did.

-The Coda

A major concept guides the Missionaria Protectiva: Purposeful instruction of
the masses. This is firmly seated in our belief that the aim of argument
should be to change the nature of truth. In such matters, we prefer the use of
power rather than force.

-The Coda

Humans are born with a susceptibility to that most persistent and debilitating
disease of intellect: self-deception. The best of all possible worlds and the
worst get their dramatic coloration from it. As nearly as we can determine,
there is no natural immunity. Constant alertness is required.

-The Coda