One had to take some action against fear when once it laid hold of one.
RAINER MARIA RILKELove consists in this, that two solitudes protect and touch and greet each other.
More Rainer Maria Rilke Quotes
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Let life happen to you. Believe me: life is in the right, always.
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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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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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The more strongly you cultivate this belief, the more will reality and the world go forth from it.
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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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Love is like the measles. The older you get it, the worse the attack.
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All the soarings of my mind begin in my blood.
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There may be good, but there are no pleasant marriages.
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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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I want to be with those who know secret things or else alone.
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No great art has ever been made without the artist having known danger.
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If 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.
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Once the realization is accepted that even between the closest human beings infinite distances continue.
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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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The purpose of life is to be defeated by greater and greater things.
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