No one would dream of expecting a single individual to be “happy” – once someone is married, however, everyone is very astonished when he is not happy!
Rainer Maria Rilke
Marriage, Happiness, Expectations, Life, Relationships, Society
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“There is no more wretched prison than the fear of hurting someone who loves you.” Rainer Maria Rilke
Fear Prison, Love Burden, Emotional Chains, Prison, Love, Chains
Rainer Maria Rilke Fear Prison, Love Burden, Emotional Chains, Prison, Love, Chains“He does not always remain bent over the pages; he often leans back and closes his eyes over a line he has been reading again, and its meaning spreads through his blood.” Rainer Maria Rilke
Absorbed Reading, Blood Meaning, Reflective Pause, Reading, Meaning, Reflection
Rainer Maria Rilke Absorbed Reading, Blood Meaning, Reflective Pause, Reading, Meaning, Reflection“Who has not sat, afraid, before his heart’s curtain?” Rainer Maria Rilke
Heart Fear, Personal Struggle, Emotional Reflection, Fear, Heart, Courage
Rainer Maria Rilke Heart Fear, Personal Struggle, Emotional Reflection, Fear, Heart, Courage“Look, we don’t love like flowers with only one season behind us; when we love, a sap older than memory rises in our arms.” Rainer Maria Rilke
Love, Growth, Emotion, Passion, Life Journey, Depth
Rainer Maria Rilke Love, Growth, Emotion, Passion, Life Journey, Depth“Everywhere I am folded, there I am a lie.” Rainer Maria Rilke
Self Deception, Personal Truth, Inner Struggle, Truth, Authenticity, Self-Reflection
Rainer Maria Rilke Self Deception, Personal Truth, Inner Struggle, Truth, Authenticity, Self-Reflection“When anxious, uneasy and bad thoughts come, I go to the sea, and the sea drowns them out with its great wide sounds, cleanses me with its noise, and imposes a rhythm upon everything in me that is bewildered and confused.” Rainer Maria Rilke
Anxiety, Nature, Reflection, Peace, Cleansing, Serenity
Rainer Maria Rilke Anxiety, Nature, Reflection, Peace, Cleansing, Serenity“Do not allow yourself to be misled by the surfaces of things.” Rainer Maria Rilke
Perception, Self-Discovery, Reflection, Depth, Truth, Awareness
Rainer Maria Rilke Perception, Self-Discovery, Reflection, Depth, Truth, Awareness“I think of you often, dear, and with such concentrated wishes that it really must help you in some way.” Rainer Maria Rilke
Concentrated Wishes, Love Thoughts, Emotional Support, Wishes, Love, Connection
Rainer Maria Rilke Concentrated Wishes, Love Thoughts, Emotional Support, Wishes, Love, Connection“Fame, that public destruction of one in process of becoming, into whose building-ground the mob breaks, displacing his stones.” Rainer Maria Rilke
Fame, Destruction, Identity, Public, Struggle, Becoming
Rainer Maria Rilke Fame, Destruction, Identity, Public, Struggle, Becoming“Your preparation for the real world is not in the answers you’ve learned, but in the questions you’ve learned how to ask yourself.” Rainer Maria Rilke
Questions Learned, Inner Inquiry, Real World Preparation, Questions, Inquiry, Preparation
Rainer Maria Rilke Questions Learned, Inner Inquiry, Real World Preparation, Questions, Inquiry, Preparation“Fate loves the fearless.” Rainer Maria Rilke
Fearless Fate, Courageous Life, Destiny Embrace, Fate, Courage, Life
Rainer Maria Rilke Fearless Fate, Courageous Life, Destiny Embrace, Fate, Courage, Life“Perhaps everything terrible is in its deepest being something helpless that wants help from us.” Rainer Maria Rilke
Compassion, Life Philosophy, Struggles, Empathy, Human Nature, Reflection
Rainer Maria Rilke Compassion, Life Philosophy, Struggles, Empathy, Human Nature, Reflection“We must accept our reality as vastly as we possibly can; everything, even the unprecedented, must be possible within it.” Rainer Maria Rilke
Vast Acceptance, Reality Embrace, Unprecedented Possibility, Acceptance, Reality, Possibility
Rainer Maria Rilke Vast Acceptance, Reality Embrace, Unprecedented Possibility, Acceptance, Reality, Possibility“We lead our lives so poorly because we arrive in the present always unprepared, incapable, and too distracted for everything.” Rainer Maria Rilke
Life, Reflection, Awareness, Personal Growth, Challenges, Focus
Rainer Maria Rilke Life, Reflection, Awareness, Personal Growth, Challenges, Focus“Be out of sync with your times for just one day, and you will see how much eternity you contain within you.” Rainer Maria Rilke
Timeless Presence, Eternal Awareness, Personal Identity, Eternity, Freedom, Reflection
Rainer Maria Rilke Timeless Presence, Eternal Awareness, Personal Identity, Eternity, Freedom, Reflection“To keep growing, silently and earnestly, through your whole development; you couldn’t disturb it any more violently than by looking outside and waiting for outside answers to questions that only your innermost feeling, in your quietest hour, can perhaps answer.” Rainer Maria Rilke
Growth, Self-Discovery, Reflection, Personal Growth, Silence, Answers
Rainer Maria Rilke Growth, Self-Discovery, Reflection, Personal Growth, Silence, Answers“So this is where people come to live; I would have thought it is a city to die in.” Rainer Maria Rilke
Life, Reflection, City, Death, Existence, Meaning
Rainer Maria Rilke Life, Reflection, City, Death, Existence, Meaning“All of our true relationships, all of our enduring experiences touch upon and pass through everything, Sidie, through life and death. We must live in both, be intimately at home in both.” Rainer Maria Rilke
Life And Death, True Relationships, Enduring Experiences, Inner Journey, Personal Growth, Human Connection
Rainer Maria Rilke Life And Death, True Relationships, Enduring Experiences, Inner Journey, Personal Growth, Human Connection