There are so many things about which some old man ought to tell one while one is little; for when one is grown one would know them as a matter of course.

Quote by Rainer Maria Rilke

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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...

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

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.

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 -...

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...

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...

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...

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 future enters into us, in order to transform itself in us, long before it...

The future enters into us, in order to transform itself in us, long before it...

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...

More belongs to marriage than four legs in a bed.

More belongs to marriage than four legs in a bed.

All the soarings of my mind begin in my blood.

All the soarings of my mind begin in my blood.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

Spring has returned. The Earth is like a child that knows poems.

Spring has returned. The Earth is like a child that knows poems.

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.