Earth, my dearest, oh believe me, you no longer need your springtimes to win me over...Unspeakably, I have belonged to you, from the flush.
Interpretation
This quote expresses deep devotion and a sense of belonging to the Earth, transcending the need for seasonal beauty to evoke love.
Rainer Maria Rilke's quote reflects a profound emotional connection between the speaker and the Earth, suggesting that their affection is intrinsic and unwavering. The reference to 'springtimes' denotes a traditional association with renewal and beauty, yet the speaker acknowledges that their bond with the Earth has existed from the very beginning, emphasizing a timeless love that does not rely on external changes to flourish.
In practice
This quote can be used in a speech about environmental conservation to emphasize our intrinsic connection to the Earth.
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.
a good marriage is that in which each appoints the other guardian of his solitude
He reproduced himself with so much humble objectivity, with the unquestioning, matter of fact interest of a dog who sees himself in a mirror and thinks: there's another dog.
The only journey is the one within.
And now we welcome the new year, full of things that have never been
Now itβs high watermark and floodtide in the heart and time to go. The sea-nymphs in the spray will be the chorus now. Whatβs left to say? Suspect too much sweet-talk but never close your mind. It was a fortunate wind that blew me here. I leave half-ready to believe that a crippled trust might walk and the half-true rhyme is love.
Love has been taken away from the poets, and has been brought within the domain of true science. It may prove to be one of the great cosmic elementary forces. When the atom of hydrogen draws the atom of chlorine towards it to form the perfected molecule of hydrochloric acid, the force which it exerts may be intrinsically similar to that which draws me to you. Attraction and repulsion appear to be the primary forces. This is attraction.
If love wants you; if you've been melted down to stars, you will love with lungs and gills; with feathers and scales; with warm blood and cold.
Those with open hearts always have open hands.
It's a cold bowl of chili when love lets you down.
Be still my heart; thou hast known worse than this.
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