The most visible joy can only reveal itself to us when we've transformed it, within.
Rainer Maria RilkeWe make our way through Everything like thread passing through fabric, giving shape to images that we ourselves do not know.
Rainer Maria RilkeIt’s possible, I’m moving through the hard veins of heavy mountains, like an arc, alone; I’m so deep inside, I see no end in sight, and no distance: everything is getting near and everything near is turning to stone.
Rainer Maria RilkeAll emotions are pure which gather you and lift you up; that emotion is impure which seizes only one side of your being and so distorts you.
Rainer Maria RilkeI live my life in widening circle That reach out across the world. I may not ever complete the last one, But I give myself to it. I circle around God, that primordial tower. I have been circling for thousands of years, And I still don't know: am I a falcon, A storm, or a great song? [I, 2]
Rainer Maria Rilke