Categories: All - love - nature - happiness - choice

by Matthias Behrends 5 years ago

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Malick, Terrence: The Tree of Life

"The Tree of Life" by Terrence Malick explores the duality of existence through the lenses of Nature and Grace. According to the narrative, Grace embodies selflessness, acceptance, and resilience, thriving even when faced with adversity.

Malick, Terrence: The Tree of Life

Malick, Terrence: The Tree of Life

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“The nuns taught us there are two ways through life, the way of Nature and the way of Grace. You have to choose which one you'll follow. Grace doesn't try to please itself. Accepts being slighted, forgotten, disliked. Accepts insults and injuries. Nature only wants to please itself. Get others to please it too. Likes to lord it over them. To have its own way. It finds reasons to be unhappy when all the world is shining around it. And love is smiling through all things.”

― Terrence Malick, The Tree of Life

“[...] Grace doesn't try to please itself. Accepts being slighted, forgotten, disliked. Accepts insults and injuries. Nature only wants to please itself. Get others to please it too. Likes to lord it over them. To have its own way. It finds reasons to be unhappy when all the world is shining around it. And love is smiling through all things.”

Critical comment

Develop these concepts

The Way of Nature

“[...] there are two ways through life, the way of Nature and the way of Grace. You have to choose which one you'll follow.”

The Way of Grace

"The nuns taught us ..."

Why I am omitting this part of the quote: