Rainer Maria Rilke's Quotes
The only journey is the one within.
Rainer Maria RilkeNo great art has ever been made without the artist having known danger.
Rainer Maria RilkeSurely all art is the result of one's having been in danger, of having gone through an experience all the way to the end, where no one can go any further.
Rainer Maria RilkeOne had to take some action against fear when once it laid hold of one.
Rainer Maria RilkeOnce the realization is accepted that even between the closest human beings infinite distances continue, a wonderful living side by side can grow, if they succeed in loving the distance between them which makes it possible for each to see the other whole against the sky.
Rainer Maria RilkeLove consists in this, that two solitudes protect and touch and greet each other.
Rainer Maria RilkeThe future enters into us, in order to transform itself in us, long before it happens.
Rainer Maria RilkeBelieve that with your feelings and your work you are taking part in the greatest; the more strongly you cultivate this belief, the more will reality and the world go forth from it.
Rainer Maria RilkeThis is the miracle that happens every time to those who really love: the more they give, the more they possess.
Rainer Maria RilkeMore belongs to marriage than four legs in a bed.
Rainer Maria RilkeEverything is blooming most recklessly; if it were voices instead of colors, there would be an unbelievable shrieking into the heart of the night.
Rainer Maria RilkeIf your daily life seems poor, do not blame it; blame yourself that you are not poet enough to call forth its riches; for the Creator, there is no poverty.
Rainer Maria RilkeAnd now we welcome the new year. Full of things that have never been.
Rainer Maria RilkeA person isn't who they are during the last conversation you had with them - they're who they've been throughout your whole relationship.
Rainer Maria RilkeI want to be with those who know secret things or else alone.
Rainer Maria RilkeLet life happen to you. Believe me: life is in the right, always.
Rainer Maria Rilke