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Quotes by Rainer Maria Rilke

Born: 4th December 1875, Died: 29th December 1926
Rainer Maria Rilke was an Austrian poet.
Welcome to our collection of quotes by the renowned poet Rainer Maria Rilke. Dive into the wisdom and poetic genius of one of the most influential figures in 20th-century literature. Explore the depth and beauty of Rilke's words as he delves into love, life, art, and spirituality. Immerse yourself in his profound insights and thought-provoking perspectives on the human experience. This collection showcases Rilke's ability to capture the essence of emotions and thoughts with an eloquence that resonates with readers across generations. Prepare to be inspired, moved, and enlightened as you navigate through these timeless quotes by Rainer Maria Rilke.

The only journey is the one within. Read Summary

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

Perhaps all the dragons of our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us once beautiful and brave. Read Summary

Love consists in this, that two solitudes protect and touch and greet each other. Read Summary

I want to be with those who know secret things or else alone. Read Summary

This is the miracle that happens every time to those who really love: the more they give, the more they possess. Read Summary

One had to take some action against fear when once it laid hold of one. Read Summary

Believe 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. Read Summary

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

Love is like the measles. The older you get it, the worse the attack. Read Summary

Once 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. Read Summary

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. Read Summary

The future enters into us, in order to transform itself in us, long before it happens. Read Summary

I hold this to be the highest task for a bond between two people: that each protects the solitude of the other. Read Summary

Perhaps everything terrible is in its deepest being something helpless that wants help from us. Read Summary

There are quantities of human beings, but there are many more faces, for each person has several. Read Summary

Live your questions now, and perhaps even without knowing it, you will live along some distant day into your answers. Read Summary

All the soarings of my mind begin in my blood. Read Summary

More belongs to marriage than four legs in a bed. Read Summary

It is a tremendous act of violence to begin anything. I am not able to begin. I simply skip what should be the beginning. Read Summary