More quotes by Rainer Maria Rilke

"The purpose of life is to be defeated by greater and greater things."
"It was not in me It came and wentI wanted to hold it It was held by wine(I no longer know what it was)"
"I live not in dreams but in contemplation of a reality that is perhaps the future."
"The purpose of life is to be defeated by greater and greater things."
"Love consists of this: two solitudes that meet, protect and greet each other."