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Quote by Rainer Maria Rilke

“Think... of the world you carry within you.”

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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

“It is not while beauty And youth are thine own And thy cheeks Unprofaned by a tear That the ferver and faith Of a soul can be known To which time will but Make thee more dear No the heart that has truly loved Never forgets But as truly loves On to the close As the sunflower turns On her god when he sets The same look which She'd turned when he rose.”

Looks Heart Soul Turns Forget Known Youth Tears Rose Dear Thee Never Forget Cheeks Sunflower

Book:Poetical works

Source: Poetical works

“The really important kind of freedom involves attention, and awareness, and discipline, and effort, and being able truly to care about other people and to sacrifice for them, over and over, in myriad petty little unsexy ways, every day.”

“All writing is garbage. People who come out of nowhere to try and put into words any part of what goes on in their minds are pigs.”

People Writing Trying Mind Goes On Pigs Garbage

Book:Antonin Artaud, Selected Writings

Source: Antonin Artaud, Selected Writings

“The splendor of the rose and the whiteness of the lily do not rob the little violet of it’s scent nor the daisy of its simple charm. If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness.”

Ifs Littles Wanted Loses Simple Flower Spring Rose Tiny Charm Scent Violet Lilies Splendor Daisies Loveliness Whiteness

Author:Therese of Lisieux

“I love to do the things the censors won't pass.”

Love Inspiring Acting

Book:Marilyn Monroe in her own words

Source: Marilyn Monroe in her own words

“Later she remembered all the hours of the afternoon as happy -- one of those uneventful times that seem at the moment only a link between past and future pleasure, but turn out to have been the pleasure itself.”

Has Beens Moments Seems Past Happiness Turns Hours Pleasure Remembered Links Afternoon Tender Is The Night

Book:The Complete Works of F. Scott Fitzgerald: Novels, Short Stories, Poetry, Articles, Letters, Plays & Screenplays: From the author of The Great Gatsby, The Side of Paradise, Tender Is the Night, The Beautiful and Damned, The Love of the Last Tycoon, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and many other notable works

Source: The Complete Works of F. Scott Fitzgerald: Novels, Short Stories, Poetry, Articles, Letters, Plays & Screenplays: From the author of The Great Gatsby, The Side of Paradise, Tender Is the Night, The Beautiful and Damned, The Love of the Last Tycoon, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and many other notable works

“New friends can often have a better time together than old friends.”

Together Old Friends New Friends Time Together New Friendship Tender Is The Night

Book:F. Scott Fitzgerald's Tender Is the Night

Source: F. Scott Fitzgerald's Tender Is the Night

“He is his own best friend and takes delight in privacy whereas the man of no virtue or ability is his own worst enemy and is afraid of solitude.”

Men Ability Enemy Virtue Worst Solitude Delight Privacy Single Being Single Worst Enemy Nicomachean Ethics Single People Funny Being Single

Author:Aristotle

“And he whose soul is flat -- the sky Will cave in on him by and by.”

Soul Sky Flats Caves

Book:Early Poems

Source: Early Poems

“A woman's heart is such a complex problem - the owner thereof is often most incompetent to find the solution to this puzzle.”