Tannhaus in “Unfinished Business”

Fate is playing a cruel trick on us. And yet we will always believe that there is a way to turn the tide in our favor. If we only want it hard enough. Man is able to pursue any goal, no matter how unattainable it may seem, over the course of an entire lifetime. No resistance, no obstacle is great enough to stop the human will in its tracks. Isn't this stubbornness in our striving what distinguishes us from animals that know only short-term desire? And throughout the ages, is not this unquenchable thirst at the heart of any progress that is ever made? No matter what motivates our will, it guides us on our path. We will only be able to let go once we've reached our goal.