Home / Quotes / Quote by Rainer Maria Rilke

Quote by Rainer Maria Rilke

“only someone who is ready for everything, who doesn't exclude any experience, even the most incomprehensible, will live the relationship with another person as something alive and will himself sound the depths of his own being.”

Quote by Rainer Maria Rilke

Author

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

You May Also Like

“most people come to know only one corner of their room, one spot near the window, one narrow strip on which they keep walking back and forth.”

People Knows Rooms Walking Window Corners Spots Back And Forth

Author:Rainer Maria Rilke

“Lord, the money we do spend on Government and it's not one bit better than the government we got for one-third the money twenty years ago.”

Years Government Bits Money Lord Years Ago Thirds Twenties

Book:The Will Rogers book

Source: The Will Rogers book

“There's a lot of stress... but once you get in the car, all that goes out the window.”

Car Window Stress Stressed

Author:Dan Brown

“Dear Die-ary, today I stuffed some dolls full of dead rats I put in the blender. I'm wondering if, maybe, there really is something wrong with me.”

Ifs Today Dies Wonder Dear Rats Dolls Blenders

Author:Jhonen Vasquez

“We love those whom we serve (p. 26)”

Author:Richard Paul Evans

“Dance. Dance for the joy and breath of childhood. Dance for all children, including that child who is still somewhere entombed beneath the responsibility and skepticism of adulthood. Embrace the moment before it escapes from our grasp. For the only promise of childhood, of any childhood, is that it will someday end. And in the end, we must ask ourselves what we have given our children to take its place. And is it enough?”

Source: The Christmas Box Miracle: My Spiritual Journey of Destiny, Healing and Hope

“A Christian is never dependent on the response of others to grow spiritually. It's our own heart's decisions that matter”

Heart Matter Christian Grows Decision Response Dependent

Book:Sacred Marriage: What If God Designed Marriage to Make Us Holy More Than to Make Us Happy? (Large Print 16pt)

Source: Sacred Marriage: What If God Designed Marriage to Make Us Holy More Than to Make Us Happy? (Large Print 16pt)

“One foot in front of the other, counting tiles on the floor so I don't have to focus the blur of painted smiles, fake faces.”

Faces Focus Feet Fronts Fake Counting Blur Tiles

Book:Impulse

Source: Impulse

“Too much to take in, too much to purge. Why must every memory, once sweet, dead end in such ugliness?”

Ends Memories Too Much Sweet Ugliness Dead Ends

Book:Impulse

Source: Impulse

“It is a very inconvenient habit of kittens (Alice had once made the remark) that whatever you say to them, they always purr.”

Made Habit Cat Remarks Kitten Inconvenient Purring Purring Cats Whatever You Say

Book:Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass

Source: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass