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Rainer Maria Rilke

“I live my life in widening circle
That reach out across the world.
I may not ever complete the last one,
But I give myself to it.

I circle around God, that primordial tower.
I have been circling for thousands of years,
And I still don't know: am I a falcon,
A storm, or a great song? [I, 2]”

Rainer Maria Rilke, Rilke's Book of Hours: Love Poems to God
tags: god, meaning, purpose
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