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.
RAINER MARIA RILKETruly to sing, that is a different breath.
More Rainer Maria Rilke Quotes
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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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There may be good, but there are no pleasant marriages.
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The purpose of life is to be defeated by greater and greater things.
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Perhaps everything terrible is in its deepest being something helpless that wants help from us.
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It is a tremendous act of violence to begin anything.
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All the soarings of my mind begin in my blood.
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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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More belongs to marriage than four legs in a bed.
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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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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 want to be with those who know secret things or else alone.
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Believe that with your feelings and your work you are taking part in the greatest.
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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 am not able to begin. I simply skip what should be the beginning.
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