And do not change. Do not divert your love from visible things. But go on loving what is good, simple and ordinary; animals and things and flowers, and keep the balance true.
Interpretation
Appreciate the simple and ordinary things in life and maintain your love for them.
This quote encourages us to stay true to our affections and not to get distracted by the complexities of life. It emphasizes the importance of loving the simple, the good, and the ordinary, such as nature, animals, and everyday joys, while maintaining a balanced perspective in our emotions and attachments.
In practice
This quote is perfect for a speech about finding joy in everyday life.
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
God loves each of us as if there were only one of us.
God dislikes evil, and no happiness can be built on hate. Love one another as brothers.
Lovers communicate not inside sentences, but between them. Passion lurks within interstice. It is grouting rather than bricks.
From here on after let's stay the way we are right now. And share all the love and laughter that a lifetime will allow.
No rival will steal away my sure love; that glory will be my gray hair.
Love, Fear, and Esteem, - Write these on three stones.
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