For one human being to love another; that is perhaps the most difficult of all our tasks.
RAINER MARIA RILKEOne had to take some action against fear when once it laid hold of one.
More Rainer Maria Rilke Quotes
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There may be good, but there are no pleasant marriages.
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Once the realization is accepted that even between the closest human beings infinite distances continue.
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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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Love is like the measles. The older you get it, the worse the attack.
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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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I am not able to begin. I simply skip what should be the beginning.
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Truly to sing, that is a different breath.
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Love consists in this, that two solitudes protect and touch and greet each other.
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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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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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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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Let life happen to you. Believe me: life is in the right, always.
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The future enters into us, in order to transform itself in us, long before it happens.
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It is a tremendous act of violence to begin anything.
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