Perhaps all the dragons of our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us once beautiful and brave.
RAINER MARIA RILKEAll 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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One had to take some action against fear when once it laid hold of one.
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I want to be with those who know secret things or else alone.
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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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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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Surely all art is the result of one’s having been in danger, of having gone through an experience all the way to the end, where no one can go any further.
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Once the realization is accepted that even between the closest human beings infinite distances continue.
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Live your questions now, and perhaps even without knowing it, you will live along some distant day into your answers.
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Believe that with your feelings and your work you are taking part in the greatest.
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There may be good, but there are no pleasant marriages.
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No great art has ever been made without the artist having known danger.
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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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It is a tremendous act of violence to begin anything.
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The purpose of life is to be defeated by greater and greater things.
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He reproduced himself with so much humble objectivity, with the unquestioning, matter of fact interest of a dog who sees himself in a mirror and thinks: there’s another dog.
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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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