“And the pleasures and rewards of the intellect are inseparable from angst, uncertainty, conflict and even despair.”

“Sorrow, terror, anguish, despair itself are often the chosen expressions of an approximation to the highest good. Our sympathy in tragic fiction depends on this principle; tragedy delights by affording a shadow of the pleasure which exists in pain. This is the source also of the melancholy which is inseparable from the sweetest melody. The pleasure that is in sorrow is sweeter than the pleasure of pleasure itself.”

“Pleasure, I remind myself, is inseparable from its lawfully wedded mate, pain.”

“Although our intellect always longs for clarity and certainty, our nature often finds uncertainty fascinating.”

“The gods offer no rewards for intellect. There was never one yet that showed any interest in it...”

“Wait, don't despair,Have faith and hopeful,Who wait and don't despair,The reward awaits.”