It is a tremendous act of violence to begin anything.
RAINER MARIA RILKEHe 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.
More Rainer Maria Rilke Quotes
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I hold this to be the highest task for a bond between two people: that each protects the solitude of the other.
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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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There are quantities of human beings, but there are many more faces, for each person has several.
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Who has not sat before his own heart’s curtain? It lifts: and the scenery is falling apart.
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It is good to be solitary, for solitude is difficult; that something is difficult must be a reason the more for us to do it.
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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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Let life happen to you. Believe me: life is in the right, always.
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I am not able to begin. I simply skip what should be the beginning.
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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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Love is like the measles. The older you get it, the worse the attack.
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Once the realization is accepted that even between the closest human beings infinite distances continue.
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Believe that with your feelings and your work you are taking part in the greatest.
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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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Perhaps everything terrible is in its deepest being something helpless that wants help from us.
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There may be good, but there are no pleasant marriages.
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