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

“Amid these fading and decaying things, be the glass that rings out as it's breaking.”

“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.”

“Works of art are of an infinite solitude, and no means of approach is so useless as criticism. Only love can touch and hold them and be fair to them.”

“And when suddenly”

“You, God, who live next door--”

“I want to unfold.”

“But neither money nor machines can create. They shuttle tokens of energy, but they do not transform. A civilization based on them puts people out of touch with their creative powers.”

“Two girls discover the secret of life”

“Your reason and your passion are the rudder and the sails of your seafaring soul.”

“We must listen to poets.”

“I have seen it over and over, the same sea, the same,”

“For I dipped into the future, far as human eye could see,”