And now we welcome the new year, full of things that have never been
Interpretation
The quote expresses the excitement and potential that comes with a new year filled with new experiences.
Rainer Maria Rilke's quote reflects the anticipation and hope that accompanies the arrival of a new year. It emphasizes the idea that each new year brings with it opportunities for growth, discovery, and the chance to experience things that we have not yet encountered. This sentiment encourages us to embrace the unknown and to look forward to the possibilities the future holds.
In practice
During a New Year's Eve celebration, this quote could be shared to inspire hope and excitement for the upcoming year.
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.
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.
I think that... discrimination in the job market is a very important area where work needs to be done.
Thou knowest, winter tames man, woman, and beast.
Queer black characters have been the sidekick for long enough. It's time for us to finally take the lead.
I walk slowly, but never backwards.
The world fears a new experience more than it fears anything. Because a new experience displaces so many old experiences. . . . The world doesn't fear a new idea. It can pigeon-hole any idea. But it can't pigeon-hole a real new experience.
I have seen periods of progress followed by reaction. I have seen the hopes and aspirations of Negroes rise during World War II, only to be smashed during the Eisenhower years. I am seeing the victories of the Kennedy and Johnson Administrations destroyed by Richard Nixon.
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