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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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'm so glad you're here. . .it helps me realize how beautiful my world is.

I'm so glad you're here. . .it helps me realize how beautiful my world is.

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...

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...

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...

The only journey is the one within.

The only journey is the one within.

Love is like the measles. The older you get it, the worse the attack.

Love is like the measles. The older you get it, the worse the attack.

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...

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...

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.

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.

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 -...

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.

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.