Who has not sat before his own heart's curtain? It lifts: and the scenery is falling apart.
Rainer Maria Rilkesometimes a man stands up during supper and walks outdoors, and keeps on walking, because of a church that stands somewhere in the East. And his children say blessings on him as if he were dead. And another man, who remains inside his own house, stays there, inside the dishes and in the glasses, so that his children have to go far out into the world toward that same church, which he forgot.
Rainer Maria RilkeYour solitude will expand and become a place where you can live in the twilight, where the noise of other people passes, far in the distance.
Rainer Maria RilkeThis is the miracle that happens every time to those who really love: the more they give, the more they possess.
Rainer Maria Rilke