If the Angel deigns to appear, it will be because you have convinced him, not by tears but by your humble resolve… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
Earth, is not this what you will: in us to rise up invisible? Is it, O Earth, not your dream once to… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
This above all-ask yourself in the stillest hour of your night: must I write? Delve into yourself for a deep answer. And… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
This is the miracle that happens every time to those who really love; the more they give, the more they possess of… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
Always trust yourself and your own feelings, as opposed to arguments and discussions. If it turns out that you are wrong, then… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
If your everyday life appears to be unworthy subject matter, do not complain to life. Complain to yourself, Lament that you are… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
Every intensification is good, if it is in your entire blood, if it isn't intoxication or muddiness, but joy which you can… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
The artist's experience lies so unbelievably close to the sexual, to its pain and its pleasure, that the two phenomena are really just different… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
“Out of infinite longings rise finite deeds like weak fountains, falling back just in time and trembling. And yet, what otherwise remains silent, our… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
“I love the dark hours of my being. My mind deepens into them. There I can find, as in old letters, the days of… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
“A complete sharing between two people is an impossibility and whenever it seems, nevertheless, to exist, it is a narrowing, a mutual agreement which… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
“But this is what ... people are so often and disastrously wrong in doing: they (who by their very nature are impatient) fling themselves… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
“If there is nothing you can share with other people, try to be close to Things. Things will not abandon you. The nights are… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
“The point of marriage is not to create a quick commonality by tearing down all boundaries; on the contrary, a good marriage is one… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
You life will find its own paths... and that they be good, rich, and wide is what I wish for you, more than I… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
I do not want to be folded for where I am folded, there I am a lie. — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
