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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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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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.

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;...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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.

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...

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...

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...

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.