Again and again in history some people wake up. They have no ground in the crowd and move to broader deeper laws. They carry strange customs with them and demand room for bold and audacious action. The future speaks ruthlessly through them. They change the world.
Interpretation
This quote speaks about individuals who break away from the norm and bring transformative changes to society.
Rainer Maria Rilke emphasizes the significance of individuals who stand out from the crowd and challenge existing conventions. These 'woken' individuals embrace unconventional beliefs and summon courage to act boldly, thus becoming agents of change in the world. Their actions, driven by deeper insights and unique customs, resonate with the future, pushing humanity towards progress and transformation.
In practice
This quote can inspire activists during a rally advocating for social change.
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
Every generation renews itself in its own way; there's always a reaction against whatever is standard.
Look, you've got a generation of people coming along who are going to form their own new relationship with the idea of supporting the causes that they care about or changing the world. And these people are not going to do it the way our parents do it.
I do think that people will claim a certain fatigue about talking about race. But I think that even though they do, it's still necessary - completely necessary.
A revolution that does not produce a new space has not realized its full potential
You don't have to be one of those people that accepts things as they are. Every day, take responsibility for changing them right where you are.
Human beings do metamorphose. They change their identity constantly. However, each new identity thrives on the delusion that it was always in possession of the body it has just conquered.
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