And now we welcome the new year. Full of things that have never been.
RAINER MARIA RILKESpring has returned. The Earth is like a child that knows poems.
More Rainer Maria Rilke Quotes
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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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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 ultimate, the last test and proof, the work for which all other work is but preparation.
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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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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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Perhaps everything terrible is in its deepest being something helpless that wants help from us.
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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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The purpose of life is to be defeated by greater and greater things.
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Believe that with your feelings and your work you are taking part in the greatest.
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Once the realization is accepted that even between the closest human beings infinite distances continue.
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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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Truly to sing, that is a different breath.
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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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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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