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Perhaps everything terrible is in its deepest being something helpless that wants help from us
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"Perhaps everything terrible is in its deepest being something helpless that wants help from us"

- Rainer Maria Rilke

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Rainer Maria Rilke's quote suggests that even the most dreadful things in life are, at their core, something that needs assistance from us. He indicates that we need to not be so fast to evaluate or condemn something that we may not understand. Rather, we ought to take the time to look much deeper and recognize that even the most hard and difficult scenarios can be improved with our help. He encourages us to be thoughtful and understanding, and to acknowledge that even the most difficult of situations can be improved with our aid. He recommends that we ought to not be so fast to judge or condemn something that we might not comprehend, but instead make the effort to look deeper and acknowledge that even the most dreadful things in life are, at their core, something that needs aid from us. By doing so, we can assist to make the world a better place.

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Germany Flag This quote is written / told by Rainer Maria Rilke between December 4, 1875 and December 29, 1926. He/she was a famous Poet from Germany. The author also have 32 other quotes.

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