I hold this to be the highest task for a bond between two people: that each protects the solitude of the other

Quote by Rainer Maria Rilke

Topics: Solitude Quotes

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...

Truly to sing, that is a different breath.

Truly to sing, that is a different breath.

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...

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...

Have patience with everything that remains unsolved in your heart. Try to love the questions...

Have patience with everything that remains unsolved in your heart. Try to love the questions...

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

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

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...

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 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.

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...

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;...

For believe me, the more one is, the richer is all that one experiences. And...

For believe me, the more one is, the richer is all that one experiences. And...

The only journey is the journey within.

The only journey is the journey within.

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

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

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...

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.

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...

It is good to be solitary, for solitude is difficult; that something is difficult must...

It is good to be solitary, for solitude is difficult; that something is difficult must...

Who has not sat before his own heart's curtain? It lifts: and the scenery is...

Who has not sat before his own heart's curtain? It lifts: and the scenery is...

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...