The only thing that’s really important is the work.

"There's nothing that says you have to be happy all the time."

【原文】子贡曰：“贫而无谄，富而无骄，何如?”子曰：“可也。未若贫而乐，富而好礼者也。”子贡曰：“《诗》云：‘如切如磋，如琢如磨’，其斯之谓与?”子曰：“赐也，始可与言《诗》已矣，告诸往而知来者。”【译文】子贡说：“贫穷却不阿谀奉承，富贵却不狂妄自大，怎么样?”孔子说：“可以了。(但是)不如贫穷而乐于道，富贵而谦虚好礼的好。”子贡说：“完善自身的修养，既像雕刻骨器，又像雕刻象牙；既像雕琢玉器，又像雕刻石头一样下功夫，恐怕说得就是这个道理吧?”孔子说：“子贡啊，现在可以与你谈诗了。提起学过的知识，你就知道将要学的知识，并有所发挥。”

I don't want to be a king; I want to be a god.

Absurdity is what I like most in life, and it's absurdity that leads to discovery.