And yet, for some time now I have believed that it is our own force, a…

Rainer Maria Rilke
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And yet, for some time now I have believed that it is our own force, all our own force that is still too great for us. It is true we do not know it; but is it not just that which is most our own of which we know the least? ✨ Prose and Poetry.
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And yet, for some time now I have believed that it is our own force, all our own force that is still too great for us. It is true we do not know it; but is it not just that which is most our own of which we know the least? ✨ Prose and Poetry.

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