Author: Rainer Maria Rilke

Quotes

It is good to be solitary, for solitude is difficult; that something is difficult must be a reason the more for us to do it.

It is good to be solitary, for solitude is difficult; that something is difficult must be a reason the more for us to do it.

- Rainer Maria Rilke

Surely 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.

Surely 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 Rilke

The deepest experience of the creator is feminine, for it is experience of receiving and bearing.

The deepest experience of the creator is feminine, for it is experience of receiving and bearing.

- Rainer Maria Rilke

And now we welcome the new year. Full of things that have never been.

And now we welcome the new year. Full of things that have never been.

- Rainer Maria Rilke

A person isn't who they are during the last conversation you had with them - they're who they've been throughout your whole relationship.

A 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 Rilke

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.

- Rainer Maria Rilke

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.

- Rainer Maria Rilke

The purpose of life is to be defeated by greater and greater things.

The purpose of life is to be defeated by greater and greater things.

- Rainer Maria Rilke

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.

- Rainer Maria Rilke

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