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Quote by Rainer Maria Rilke

“Draw near to Nature. Then try like some first human being to say what you see and experience and love and lose.”

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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

“Only the individual who is solitary is like a thing placed under profound laws, and when he goes out into the morning that is just beginning, or looks out into the evening that is full of happening, and if he feels what is going on there, then all status drops from him as from a dead man, though he stands in the midst of sheer life.”

Ifs Men Feels Looks Law Individual Morning Happenings Profound Evening Midst Solitary Sheer Dead Man

Author:Rainer Maria Rilke

“But learning-time is always a long, secluded time, and so loving, for a long while ahead and far on into life, is-solitude, intensified and deepened loneness for him who loves.”

Long Life Is Solitude Secluded

Book:Rilke on Love and Other Difficulties: Translations and Considerations

Source: Rilke on Love and Other Difficulties: Translations and Considerations

“I never call myself modern or traditional, in our out, new or used, because I prefer not to be hemmed in by rigid definitions.”

Used Modern Definitions Traditional

Book:Effortless Mastery: Liberating the Master Musician Within