Basically, if it is good, one can’t live to see it recognized: otherwise it’s just half good and not reckless enough...
Rainer Maria Rilke
Art Recognition, Creative Freedom, Artistic Struggle, Art, Risk, Creation
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“Whoever makes himself freer and more human in his own existence is doing his part towards peace.” Rainer Maria Rilke
Freedom, Humanity, Peace, Self-Improvement, Inner Peace, Personal Growth
Rainer Maria Rilke Freedom, Humanity, Peace, Self-Improvement, Inner Peace, Personal Growth“All things want to float.” Rainer Maria Rilke
Life And Growth, Rising Above, Embracing Change, Letting Go, Inner Peace, Personal Freedom
Rainer Maria Rilke Life And Growth, Rising Above, Embracing Change, Letting Go, Inner Peace, Personal Freedom“Poetic power is great, strong as a primitive instinct; it has its own unyielding rhythms in itself and breaks out as out of mountains.” Rainer Maria Rilke
Poetic Power, Instinct Rhythms, Mountain Force, Power, Rhythms, Force
Rainer Maria Rilke Poetic Power, Instinct Rhythms, Mountain Force, Power, Rhythms, Force“You must realise that something is happening to you, that life has not forgotten you, that it holds you in its hand and will not let you fall.” Rainer Maria Rilke
Life Journey, Personal Growth, Self-Discovery, Hope, Emotional Strength, Resilience
Rainer Maria Rilke Life Journey, Personal Growth, Self-Discovery, Hope, Emotional Strength, Resilience“Then take your fate upon yourself and bear it, its burden and its greatness, without ever asking for that reward which might come from without. For the creator must be a world for himself, and find everything within himself, and in Nature to which he has attached himself.” Rainer Maria Rilke
Fate, Life, Self-Discovery, Personal Growth, Creation, Nature
Rainer Maria Rilke Fate, Life, Self-Discovery, Personal Growth, Creation, Nature“Riding, riding, riding, through the dag, through the night, through the day. And the heart has become so tired, and the longing so vast.” Rainer Maria Rilke
Longing, Journey, Struggle, Personal Growth, Reflection, Weariness
Rainer Maria Rilke Longing, Journey, Struggle, Personal Growth, Reflection, Weariness“Those tasks that have been entrusted to us are difficult; almost everything serious is difficult; and everything is serious.” Rainer Maria Rilke
Serious Tasks, Difficult Challenges, Entrusted Duties, Tasks, Challenges, Duties
Rainer Maria Rilke Serious Tasks, Difficult Challenges, Entrusted Duties, Tasks, Challenges, Duties“Rejoice in your growth, in which you naturally can take no one with you, and be kind to those who remain behind, and be sure and clam before them and do not torment them with your doubts and do not frighten them with your confidence or joy, which they could not understand.” Rainer Maria Rilke
Growth, Joy, Reflection, Personal Growth, Kindness, Confidence
Rainer Maria Rilke Growth, Joy, Reflection, Personal Growth, Kindness, Confidence“Find out the reason that commands you to write; see whether it has spread its roots into the very depth of your heart; confess to yourself you would have to die if you were forbidden to write.” Rainer Maria Rilke
Creative Passion, Deep Writing, Heartfelt Expression, Writing, Creativity, Purpose
Rainer Maria Rilke Creative Passion, Deep Writing, Heartfelt Expression, Writing, Creativity, Purpose“This is in the end the only kind of courage that is required of us: the courage to face the strangest, most unusual, most inexplicable experiences that can meet us.” Rainer Maria Rilke
Courage, Life Philosophy, Fear, Personal Growth, Strength, Reflection
Rainer Maria Rilke Courage, Life Philosophy, Fear, Personal Growth, Strength, Reflection“Those doves below, the ones utterly cared for, never endangered ones, cannot know tenderness.” Rainer Maria Rilke
Love, Care, Tenderness, Freedom, Nature, Emotions
Rainer Maria Rilke Love, Care, Tenderness, Freedom, Nature, Emotions“Every happiness is the child of a separation it did not think it could survive.” Rainer Maria Rilke
Happiness, Separation, Growth, Emotion, Resilience, Change
Rainer Maria Rilke Happiness, Separation, Growth, Emotion, Resilience, Change“He was a worker whose only desire was to penetrate with all his forces into the humble and difficult significance of his tools. Therein lay a certain renunciation of Life, but in just this renunciation lay his triumph, for Life entered into his work.” Rainer Maria Rilke
Work, Life, Purpose, Sacrifice, Personal Growth, Triumph
Rainer Maria Rilke Work, Life, Purpose, Sacrifice, Personal Growth, Triumph“Nothing touches a work of art so little as words of criticism: they always result in more or less fortunate misunderstandings.” Rainer Maria Rilke
Art Criticism, Creative Process, Artistic Freedom, Art, Expression, Misunderstanding
Rainer Maria Rilke Art Criticism, Creative Process, Artistic Freedom, Art, Expression, Misunderstanding“Earth, my dearest, I will. Oh believe me, you no longer need your springtimes to win me over – one of them, ah, even one, is already too much for my blood. Unspeakably I have belonged to you, from the first.” Rainer Maria Rilke
Nature, Love And Connection, Emotional Depth, Personal Growth, Earth And Life, Self-Discovery
Rainer Maria Rilke Nature, Love And Connection, Emotional Depth, Personal Growth, Earth And Life, Self-Discovery“What an unilateral life, when from the material of a renunciation, we must fashion something we love.” Rainer Maria Rilke
Renunciation, Love, Life Choices, Sacrifice, Creativity, Transformation
Rainer Maria Rilke Renunciation, Love, Life Choices, Sacrifice, Creativity, Transformation“Live the questions now.” Rainer Maria Rilke
Self-Discovery, Life Questions, Personal Growth, Reflection, Patience, Inner Peace
Rainer Maria Rilke Self-Discovery, Life Questions, Personal Growth, Reflection, Patience, Inner Peace“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.” Rainer Maria Rilke
Love, Learning, Solitude, Personal Growth, Time, Reflection
Rainer Maria Rilke Love, Learning, Solitude, Personal Growth, Time, Reflection