“If you will stay close to nature, to its simplicity, to the small things hardly noticeable, those things can unexpectedly become great and immeasurable.”
― Letters to a Young Poet
― Letters to a Young Poet
“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing that stands in the way. Some see nature all ridicule and deformity... and some scarce see nature at all. But to the eyes of the man of imagination, nature is imagination itself.”
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“If we surrendered
to earth's intelligence
we could rise up rooted, like trees.”
― Rilke's Book of Hours: Love Poems to God
to earth's intelligence
we could rise up rooted, like trees.”
― Rilke's Book of Hours: Love Poems to God
“Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influence of the earth.”
― Walden or, Life in the Woods
― Walden or, Life in the Woods
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