Perhaps somewhere, someplace deep inside your being, you have undergone important changes while you were sad.
Interpretation
Personal transformation can occur even during periods of sadness.
Rainer Maria Rilke's quote suggests that profound changes often take place within us during times of sorrow. This highlights the importance of acknowledging our emotional struggles, as they can lead to significant personal growth and deeper self-understanding, even when they feel overwhelming at the moment.
In practice
In a motivational speech about resilience during tough times.
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
From today I am no longer a racing driver. I'm retired and I am very happy.
If I wanted to change the world, the last thing I would do is write a play.
All historical experience demonstrates the following: Our earth cannot be changed unless in the not too distant future an alteration in the consciousness of individuals is achieved.
We are a generation of settlers, and without the steel helmet and gun barrel, we shall not be able to plant a tree or build a house.
Rwanda has emerged from the devastation of genocide and become more secure and prosperous than anyone had a right to expect.
The world as we know it is falling apart at the seams, because it's an inadequate container for the truth of who we are.
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