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Quote by Rainer Maria Rilke

“If there is anything unhealthy in your reactions, just bear in mind that sickness is the means by which an organism frees itself from what is alien; so one must simply help it to be sick, to have its whole sickness and to break out with it, since that is the way it gets better.”

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Rainer Maria Rilke

German poet known for his profound poetry and epistolary works. Rainer Maria Rilke's poetry style is unique, often exploring themes such as loneliness, love, and religious faith. more

“What is important is to keep our mind high in the world of true understanding, and returning to the world of our daily experience to seek therein the truth of beauty. No matter what we may be doing at a given moment, we must not forget that is has a bearing upon our everlasting self which is poetry.”

World Mind May Important Self Matter Moments Given Understanding Forget No Matter What Everlasting Daily Experience True Understanding

Author:Matsuo Basho

“Everything is holding its breath inside me. Everything is waiting to explode like Christmas. I want to be all new and shiny. I want to sit out bad at night, a boy around my neck and the wind under my skirt. Not this way, every evening talking to the trees, leaning out my window, imagining what I can't see.”

Way Want I Can Night Waiting Talking Boys Tree Wind Window Breaths Evening Necks Skirts

Book:The House on Mango Street

Source: The House on Mango Street

“To kill our dream life would be to kill ourselves, to mutilate our soul. Dreaming is the one thing we have that's really ours, invulnerably and inalterably ours.”

Soul Dream Would Be One Thing Our Dreams

Author:Fernando Pessoa

“A fool with a tool still remains a fool.”

Stills Fool Tools Remains