It is a tremendous act of violence to begin anything.
RAINER MARIA RILKEMore belongs to marriage than four legs in a bed.
More Rainer Maria Rilke Quotes
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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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All the soarings of my mind begin in my blood.
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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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This is the miracle that happens every time to those who really love: the more they give, the more they possess.
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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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Love is like the measles. The older you get it, the worse the attack.
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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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One had to take some action against fear when once it laid hold of one.
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Once the realization is accepted that even between the closest human beings infinite distances continue.
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The purpose of life is to be defeated by greater and greater things.
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I want to be with those who know secret things or else alone.
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Love consists in this, that two solitudes protect and touch and greet each other.
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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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The only journey is the one within.
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