Our deepest fears are like dragons, guarding our deepest treasure.
Interpretation
Our fears often prevent us from accessing our true potential and the treasures that lie within us.
Rainer Maria Rilke's quote suggests that our deepest fears are formidable obstacles, akin to dragons, that impede our journey toward discovering our greatest strengths and treasures. It emphasizes the importance of confronting these fears to unlock our potential and achieve personal growth.
In practice
This quote can inspire people at a motivational seminar about personal development.
Spring has again returned. _x000D_ _x000D_ The Earth is like a child that knows many poems._x000D_ _x000D_ Many, O so many. For the hardship_x000D_ _x000D_ of such long learning she receives the prize._x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ Strict was her teacher. _x000D_ _x000D_ The white in the old man's beard pleases us._x000D_ _x000D_ Now, what to call green, to call blue,_x000D_ _x000D_ we dare to ask: She knows, She knows!
Verses are not, as people think, feelings (those one has early enough) -- they are experiences. For the sake of a verse one must see many cities, men, and things, one must know the animals feel how birds fly, and know the gesture with which the little flowers open in the morning.
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