In a real dark night of the soul it is always three o'clock in the morning, day after day. — F. Scott Fitzgerald. American writer (1896–1940) Morning
The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.
The test of a first-fate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function. One should, for example, be able to see that things are hopeless and yet be determined to make them otherwise.