Nature knows that people are a tide that swells and in time will ebb, and all their works dissolve ... As for us: We must uncenter our minds from ourselves. We must unhumanize our views a little and become confident as the rock and ocean that we are made from.
Interpretation
This quote suggests that human endeavors are temporary, and we should shift our perspective to appreciate our connection to nature and the larger universe.
Robinson Jeffers emphasizes the transient nature of human lives and achievements, likening them to the ebb and flow of tides. He proposes that to gain a deeper understanding of our existence, we need to detach from our self-centered views and embrace a more profound connection to the natural world, recognizing the strength and permanence found in nature itself.
In practice
This quote can be shared during a nature conservation event to inspire people about the importance of respecting nature.
As for me, I would rather be a worm in a wild apple than a son of man. But we are what we are, and we might remember not to hate any person, for all are vicious; And not to be astonished at any evil, all are deserved; And not to fear death; it is the only way to be cleansed.
Does it matter whether you hate yourself? At least love your eyes that can see, your mind that can hear the music, the thunder of the wings.
Poetry is not a civilizer, rather the reverse, for great poetry appeals to the most primitive instincts.
I've changed my ways a little, I cannot now Run with you in the evenings along the shore, Except in a kind of dream, and you, if you dream a moment, You see me there.
You making haste on decay: not blameworthy; life is good, be it stubbornly long or suddenly A mortal splendor: meteors are not needed less than mountains: shine, perishing republic.
Death's a fierce meadowlark: but to die having made / Something more equal to the centuries / Than muscle and bone, is mostly to shed weakness.
The preciousness of life and the changes of weather and the beauty of seasons - all those things have always sort of dazzled me.
Nature is trying very hard to make us succeed, but nature does not depend on us. We are not the only experiment.
The Earth is just too small and fragile a basket for the human race to keep all its eggs in.
Calvin: Today for show and tell, I've brought a tiny miracle of nature: a single snowflake! I think we might all learn a lesson from how this utterly unique and exquisite crystal turns into an ordinary, boring molecule of water just like every other one when you bring it into the classroom. And now, while the analogy sinks in, I will be leaving you drips and going outside.
Witness and stand back from Nature, that is the first step to the soul's freedom.
I go among trees and sit still. All my stirring becomes quiet around me like circles on water. My tasks lie in their places where I left them, asleep like cattle... Then what I am afraid of comes. I live for a while in its sight. _x000D_ What I fear in it leaves it, And the fear of it leaves me. It sings, and I hear its song.
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