The closer two people stand to each other inwardly, the more readily they become for each other the condition under which alone their two beings find expression.
~ Lou Andreas-Salomé
Now I understand that this passion for pain, even in the torture of martyrdom, represents the haste and impatience to no longer be interrupted and disturbed by the evil that can come from this side (meaning this life).
The optimistic nature finds joy in the very feeling for life, the pessimistic nature finds a feeling for life only in joy.
What does not engage our feelings does not long engage our thoughts either.
