Quotes by Rilke, Rainer Maria

The great renewal of the world will perhaps consist in this, that man >>

This is the miracle that happens every time to those who really love; >>

For one human being to love another: that is perhaps the most difficul >>

Quotations about Comfort

The lust for comfort, that stealthy thing that enters the house as a g >>

A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a >>

Do not assume that she who seeks to comfort you now, lives untroubled >>

Do not assume that she who seeks to comfort you now, lives untroubled among the simple and quiet words that sometimes do you good. Her life may also have much sadness and difficulty, that remains far beyond yours. Were it otherwise, she would never have been able to find these words.

Rilke, Rainer Maria