I have never been aware before how many faces there are. There are quantities of human beings, but there are many more faces, for each person has several.

Quote by Rainer Maria Rilke

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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...

Only love is like an arrow to your heart; the more you try to take...

Only love is like an arrow to your heart; the more you try to take...

Have patience with everything unresolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves...

Have patience with everything unresolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves...

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...

There may be good, but there are no pleasant marriages.

There may be good, but there are no pleasant marriages.

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.

There are no classes in life for beginners; right away you are always asked to...

There are no classes in life for beginners; right away you are always asked to...

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.

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...

All the soarings of my mind begin in my blood.

All the soarings of my mind begin in my blood.

Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the...

Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the...

It is a tremendous act of violence to begin anything. I am not able to...

It is a tremendous act of violence to begin anything. I am not able to...

We see the brightness of a new page where everything yet can happen.

We see the brightness of a new page where everything yet can happen.

The only journey is the one within.

The only journey is the one within.

Truly to sing, that is a different breath.

Truly to sing, that is a different breath.

He reproduced himself with so much humble objectivity, with the unquestioning, matter of fact interest...

He reproduced himself with so much humble objectivity, with the unquestioning, matter of fact interest...

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...

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 -...

There are so many things about which some old man ought to tell one while...

There are so many things about which some old man ought to tell one while...

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...