Nature is the difference between the soul and God.
It's been a long time since I've been me.
I feel as if I'm always on the verge of waking up.
Ah, it's my longing for whom I might have been that distracts and torments me!
I suffer from life and from other people. I can’t look at reality face to face. Even the sun discourages and depresses me. Only at night and all alone, withdrawn, forgotten and lost, with no connection to anything real or useful — only then do I find myself and feel comforted.
To need to dominate others is to need others. The commander is dependent.