But everything that may some day be possible to many the solitary man can now prepare and build with his hands, that err less. Therefore, dear sir, love your solitude and bear with sweet-sounding lamentation the suffering it causes you.…

Quote by Rainer Maria Rilke

Topics: Growth Quotes, Solitude Quotes

No great art has ever been made without the artist having known danger.

No great art has ever been made without the artist having known danger.

For one human being to love another; that is perhaps the most difficult of our...

For one human being to love another; that is perhaps the most difficult of our...

Love consists in this, that two solitudes protect and touch and greet each other.

Love consists in this, that two solitudes protect and touch and greet each other.

There are quantities of human faces, but there are many more faces, for each person...

There are quantities of human faces, but there are many more faces, for each person...

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...

These soft nights hold me like themselves aloft and I lie without a lover.

These soft nights hold me like themselves aloft and I lie without a lover.

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.

All the soarings of my mind begin in my blood.

All the soarings of my mind begin in my blood.

More belongs to marriage than four legs in a bed.

More belongs to marriage than four legs in a bed.

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.

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...

Live your questions now, and perhaps even without knowing it, you will live along some...

Live your questions now, and perhaps even without knowing it, you will live along some...

The deepest experience of the creator is feminine, for it is experience of receiving and...

The deepest experience of the creator is feminine, for it is experience of receiving and...

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

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

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...

For one human being to love another: that is perhaps the most difficult of our...

For one human being to love another: that is perhaps the most difficult of our...

Love consists in this, that two solitudes protect and touch and greet each other.

Love consists in this, that two solitudes protect and touch and greet each other.

Who if I cried out, would hear me among the angel's hierarchies? and even if...

Who if I cried out, would hear me among the angel's hierarchies? and even if...

While shepherds watch'd their flocks by night, All seated on the ground, The Angel of...

While shepherds watch'd their flocks by night, All seated on the ground, The Angel of...

Philosophers have argued for centuries about how many angels can dance on the head of...

Philosophers have argued for centuries about how many angels can dance on the head of...

Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing.

Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing.