"If we surrendered to earth’s intelligence we could……" — Rainer Maria Rilke
"If we surrendered to earth’s intelligence we could rise up rooted, like trees. Instead we entangle ourselves in knots of our own making and struggle, lonely and confused. So like children, we begin again... to fall, patiently to trust our heaviness. Even a bird has to do that before he can fly. (from the poem "How Sure Gravity's Law")"
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434 Quotes by Rainer Maria Rilke
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