Small: There may be good, but there are no pleasant marriages
"There may be good, but there are no pleasant marriages"
Rainer Maria Rilke, Poet
Small: What they could do with round here is a good war. What else can you expect with peace running wild all over th
"What they could do with 'round here is a good war. What else can you expect with peace running wild all over the place? You know what the trouble with peace is? No organization"
Bertolt Brecht, Poet
Small: There are many elements to a campaign. Leadership is number one. Everything else is number two
"There are many elements to a campaign. Leadership is number one. Everything else is number two"
Bertolt Brecht, Poet
Small: Once the realization is accepted that even between the closest human beings infinite distances continue, a won
"Once the realization is accepted that even between the closest human beings infinite distances continue, a wonderful living side by side can grow, if they succeed in loving the distance between them which makes it possible for each to see the other whole against the sky"
Rainer Maria Rilke, Poet
Small: No great art has ever been made without the artist having known danger
"No great art has ever been made without the artist having known danger"
Rainer Maria Rilke, Poet
Small: More belongs to marriage than four legs in a bed
"More belongs to marriage than four legs in a bed"
Rainer Maria Rilke, Poet
Small: Love is like the measles. The older you get it, the worse the attack
"Love is like the measles. The older you get it, the worse the attack"
Rainer Maria Rilke, Poet
Small: Love consists in this, that two solitudes protect and touch and greet each other
"Love consists in this, that two solitudes protect and touch and greet each other"
Rainer Maria Rilke, Poet
Small: Live your questions now, and perhaps even without knowing it, you will live along some distant day into your a
"Live your questions now, and perhaps even without knowing it, you will live along some distant day into your answers"
Rainer Maria Rilke, Poet
Small: Let life happen to you. Believe me: life is in the right, always
"Let life happen to you. Believe me: life is in the right, always"
Rainer Maria Rilke, Poet
Small: It is good to be solitary, for solitude is difficult that something is difficult must be a reason the more for
"It is good to be solitary, for solitude is difficult; that something is difficult must be a reason the more for us to do it"
Rainer Maria Rilke, Poet
Small: It is a tremendous act of violence to begin anything. I am not able to begin. I simply skip what should be the
"It is a tremendous act of violence to begin anything. I am not able to begin. I simply skip what should be the beginning"
Rainer Maria Rilke, Poet
Small: If your daily life seems poor, do not blame it blame yourself that you are not poet enough to call forth its r
"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, Poet
Small: I want to be with those who know secret things or else alone
"I want to be with those who know secret things or else alone"
Rainer Maria Rilke, Poet
Small: I hold this to be the highest task for a bond between two people: that each protects the solitude of the other
"I hold this to be the highest task for a bond between two people: that each protects the solitude of the other"
Rainer Maria Rilke, Poet
Small: I have never been aware before how many faces there are. There are quantities of human beings, but there are m
"I have never been aware before how many faces there are. There are quantities of human beings, but there are many more faces, for each person has several"
Rainer Maria Rilke, Poet
Small: He reproduced himself with so much humble objectivity, with the unquestioning, matter of fact interest of a do
"He reproduced himself with so much humble objectivity, with the unquestioning, matter of fact interest of a dog who sees himself in a mirror and thinks: there's another dog"
Rainer Maria Rilke, Poet
Small: For one human being to love another that is perhaps the most difficult of all our tasks, the ultimate, the las
"For one human being to love another; that is perhaps the most difficult of all our tasks, the ultimate, the last test and proof, the work for which all other work is but preparation"
Rainer Maria Rilke, Poet
Small: Everything is blooming most recklessly if it were voices instead of colors, there would be an unbelievable shr
"Everything is blooming most recklessly; if it were voices instead of colors, there would be an unbelievable shrieking into the heart of the night"
Rainer Maria Rilke, Poet
Small: Believe that with your feelings and your work you are taking part in the greatest the more strongly you cultiv
"Believe that with your feelings and your work you are taking part in the greatest; the more strongly you cultivate this belief, the more will reality and the world go forth from it"
Rainer Maria Rilke, Poet
Small: All the soarings of my mind begin in my blood
"All the soarings of my mind begin in my blood"
Rainer Maria Rilke, Poet
Small: You dont need to pray to God any more when there are storms in the sky, but you do have to be insured
"You don't need to pray to God any more when there are storms in the sky, but you do have to be insured"
Bertolt Brecht, Poet
Small: Why be a man when you can be a success?
"Why be a man when you can be a success?"
Bertolt Brecht, Poet
Small: The world of knowledge takes a crazy turn when teachers themselves are taught to learn
"The world of knowledge takes a crazy turn when teachers themselves are taught to learn"
Bertolt Brecht, Poet
Small: The finest plans have always been spoiled by the littleness of them that should carry them out. Even emperors
"The finest plans have always been spoiled by the littleness of them that should carry them out. Even emperors can't do it all by themselves"
Bertolt Brecht, Poet
Small: The defeats and victories of the fellows at the top arent always defeats and victories for the fellows at the
"The defeats and victories of the fellows at the top aren't always defeats and victories for the fellows at the bottom"
Bertolt Brecht, Poet
Small: Temptation to behave is terrible
"Temptation to behave is terrible"
Bertolt Brecht, Poet
Small: Sometimes its more important to be human, than to have good taste
"Sometimes it's more important to be human, than to have good taste"
Bertolt Brecht, Poet
Small: Society cannot share a common communication system so long as it is split into warring factions
"Society cannot share a common communication system so long as it is split into warring factions"
Bertolt Brecht, Poet
Small: Science knows only one commandment - contribute to science
"Science knows only one commandment - contribute to science"
Bertolt Brecht, Poet
Small: Right is its own defense
"Right is its own defense"
Bertolt Brecht, Poet
Small: Poverty makes you wise but its a curse
"Poverty makes you wise but it's a curse"
Bertolt Brecht, Poet
Small: There are no classes in life for beginners right away you are always asked to deal with what is most difficult
"There are no classes in life for beginners; right away you are always asked to deal with what is most difficult"
Rainer Maria Rilke, Poet
Small: The purpose of life is to be defeated by greater and greater things
"The purpose of life is to be defeated by greater and greater things"
Rainer Maria Rilke, Poet
Small: The future enters into us, in order to transform itself in us, long before it happens
"The future enters into us, in order to transform itself in us, long before it happens"
Rainer Maria Rilke, Poet
Small: The deepest experience of the creator is feminine, for it is experience of receiving and bearing
"The deepest experience of the creator is feminine, for it is experience of receiving and bearing"
Rainer Maria Rilke, Poet
Small: Surely all art is the result of ones having been in danger, of having gone through an experience all the way t
"Surely all art is the result of one's having been in danger, of having gone through an experience all the way to the end, where no one can go any further"
Rainer Maria Rilke, Poet
Small: Spring has returned. The Earth is like a child that knows poems
"Spring has returned. The Earth is like a child that knows poems"
Rainer Maria Rilke, Poet
Small: Perhaps everything terrible is in its deepest being something helpless that wants help from us
"Perhaps everything terrible is in its deepest being something helpless that wants help from us"
Rainer Maria Rilke, Poet
Small: Perhaps all the dragons of our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us once beautiful and brave
"Perhaps all the dragons of our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us once beautiful and brave"
Rainer Maria Rilke, Poet
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