Love consists in this, that two solitudes protect and touch and greet each other.
RAINER MARIA RILKEIf your daily life seems poor, do not blame it; blame yourself that you are not poet enough to call forth its riches; for the Creator, there is no poverty.
More Rainer Maria Rilke Quotes
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It is a tremendous act of violence to begin anything.
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I want to be with those who know secret things or else alone.
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There are quantities of human beings, but there are many more faces, for each person has several.
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The ultimate, the last test and proof, the work for which all other work is but preparation.
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Everything is blooming most recklessly; if it were voices instead of colors, there would be an unbelievable shrieking into the heart of the night.
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A wonderful living side by side can grow, if they succeed in loving the distance between them which makes it possible for each to see the other whole against the sky.
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All the soarings of my mind begin in my blood.
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The only journey is the one within.
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Perhaps all the dragons of our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us once beautiful and brave.
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All emotions are pure which gather you and lift you up; that emotion is impure which seizes only one side of your being and so distorts you.
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There may be good, but there are no pleasant marriages.
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There are so many things about which some old man ought to tell one while one is little; for when one is grown one would know them as a matter of course.
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The deepest experience of the creator is feminine, for it is experience of receiving and bearing.
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Let life happen to you. Believe me: life is in the right, always.
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There are no classes in life for beginners; right away you are always asked to deal with what is most difficult.
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