Rainer Maria Rilke Quotes

If your daily life seems poor, do not blame it; blame yourself that you are not poet enough to call forth its riches; for the Creator, there is no poverty.

Rainer Maria Rilke

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: german
  • Birth: December 4, 1875 - December 29, 1926

Topics

LifeDailyDaily LifePoetryBlame

To those who do not love God, all things must work together immediately for pain and torment, until, by means of the tribulation, they are led to salvation at last.

Johann Gottlieb Fichte

WorkLoveGodTogetherPainThings

I don't support gay marriage. I'm just not there, as far as believing in my heart that we should change 2,000 years of social policy in favor of a redefinition of the family.

Matt Salmon

FamilyChangeMarriageHeartSupport

I'm not a real person. I'm a legend.

Jean-Michel Basquiat

LegendPersonRealReal Person

But there's the paradox of fiction - why do you cry when a fake character dies? It's the basis of art. You engage with people who don't exist and care about them as you would your friends and relatives.

Michael Gruber

CharacterArtPeopleCareFakeYou

I knew what I didn't want. I didn't want people to feel sorry for me. I didn't want people to see me as disabled. I wanted to live a life of adventure and stories.

Amy Purdy

LifeLiveAdventurePeopleMeSorry

What happened to me in Somalia doesn't define me.

Amanda Lindhout

MeDefineHappenedSomalia

I have stamina, and I have energy.

Rita Moreno

EnergyStamina

Was the crew well? Was I not? I had profited in many ways by the voyage. I had even gained flesh, and actually weighed a pound more than when I sailed from Boston.

Joshua Slocum

MoreBostonVoyageWellCrewEven

I was still listening to the Beatles until I came here, you know.

David Thewlis

ListeningYouKnowHereBeatles

You know when a song has a melody or some kind of element that affects you, and that is what I am trying to go for.

Britt Daniel

I AmSongTryingYouKnowKind

I'm starting to find out that a lot of people that you wouldn't think listen to me really do.

ASAP Rocky

PeopleMeThinkYouFindListen

I always remember having a healthy respect for my grandmother.

Prince William

RespectRememberHealthyGrandmother

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