Let life happen to you. Believe me: life is in the right, always.

Quote by Rainer Maria Rilke

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The purpose of life is to be defeated by greater and greater things.

The purpose of life is to be defeated by greater and greater things.

If your daily life seems poor, do not blame it; blame yourself that you are...

If your daily life seems poor, do not blame it; blame yourself that you are...

I have never been aware before how many faces there are. There are quantities of...

I have never been aware before how many faces there are. There are quantities of...

Believe that with your feelings and your work you are taking part in the greatest;...

Believe that with your feelings and your work you are taking part in the greatest;...

One had to take some action against fear when once it laid hold of one.

One had to take some action against fear when once it laid hold of one.

All emotions are pure which gather you and lift you up; that emotion is impure...

All emotions are pure which gather you and lift you up; that emotion is impure...

Everything is blooming most recklessly; if it were voices instead of colors, there would be...

Everything is blooming most recklessly; if it were voices instead of colors, there would be...

Perhaps everything terrible is in its deepest being something helpless that wants help from us.

Perhaps everything terrible is in its deepest being something helpless that wants help from us.

Physical pleasure is a sensual experience no different from pure seeing or the pure sensation...

Physical pleasure is a sensual experience no different from pure seeing or the pure sensation...

All the soarings of my mind begin in my blood.

All the soarings of my mind begin in my blood.

Perhaps all the dragons of our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see...

Perhaps all the dragons of our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see...

A good marriage is that in which each appoints the other guardian of his solitude

A good marriage is that in which each appoints the other guardian of his solitude

I hold this to be the highest task for a bond between two people: that...

I hold this to be the highest task for a bond between two people: that...

Surely all art is the result of one's having been in danger, of having gone...

Surely all art is the result of one's having been in danger, of having gone...

This is the miracle that happens every time to those who really love; the more...

This is the miracle that happens every time to those who really love; the more...

A person isn't who they are during the last conversation you had with them -...

A person isn't who they are during the last conversation you had with them -...

I want to be with those who know secret things or else alone.

I want to be with those who know secret things or else alone.

Destiny itself is like a wonderful wide tapestry in which every thread is guided by...

Destiny itself is like a wonderful wide tapestry in which every thread is guided by...

Our destiny changes with our thought; we shall become what we wish to become, do...

Our destiny changes with our thought; we shall become what we wish to become, do...

When I was young, I said to God, 'God, tell me the mystery of the...

When I was young, I said to God, 'God, tell me the mystery of the...