Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.
"In holding scientific research and discovery in respect, as we should, we must also be alert to the equal and opposite danger that public policy could itself become the captive of a scientific technological elite." - Dwight Eisenhower
"Anyone who mocks people for changing their minds is inadvertently telling us something very damning about themselves." - Paul Graham
"The most important trick to being happy is to realize happiness is a skill you develop and a choice you make. You choose to be happy, and then you work at it." - Naval Ravikant
"Patience is a competitive advantage. In a surprising number of fields, you can find success if you are simply willing to do the reasonable thing longer than most people." - James Clear