Is There a Final High?

We create false dreams for ourselves, these false hopes. When we achieve them, it's kind of like, Oh, that's all this is. The only answer to that again is to accept the cyclicity of things and to build the life force inside of you so that no external goal becomes symbolic of exoneration. And when you can control your impulses, you get really confident, you know, loud to the founder of Daoism said it this way: He who conquers others is strong but he who conquers himself is mighty.