"Religion is something infinitely simple, ingenuous. It is……" — Rainer Maria Rilke
"Religion is something infinitely simple, ingenuous. It is not knowledge, not content of feeling... it is not duty and not renunciation, it is not restriction: but in the infinite extent of the universe it is a direction of the heart."
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Rainer Maria Rilke
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434 Quotes by Rainer Maria Rilke
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