Poetry Quote by Rainer Maria Rilke — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“The purpose of life is to be defeated by greater and greater things.”

“I am much too alone in this world, yet not alone enough.”

“Art too is just a way of living.”

“How can I keep my soul in me, so that”

“It is always what I have already said: always the wish that you may find patience enough in yourself to endure, and simplicity enough to believe; that you may acquire more and more confidence in that which is difficult, and in your solitude among others. And for the rest, let life happen to you. Believe me: life is right, in any case.”

“I want my own will, and I want”

“I love women whose hidden desires make horses put an end to their lives at the threshold”

“The purpose of life is to be defeated by greater and greater things.”

“Lovers find secret places”

“A poet is not somebody who has great thoughts. That is the menial duty of the philosopher. A poet is somebody who expresses his thoughts, however commonplace they may be, exquisitely. That is the one and only difference between the poet and everybody else.”

“In a field”

“A poet's autobiography is his poetry. Anything else is just a footnote.”