Rainer Maria Rilke Quote

If only we arrange our life according to that principle which counsels us that we must hold to the difficult, then that which now still seems to us the most alien will become what we most trust and find most faithful.


Letter Eight (12 August 1904) - Letters to a Young Poet (1934)


If only we arrange our life according to that principle which counsels us that we must hold to the difficult, then that which now still seems to us...

If only we arrange our life according to that principle which counsels us that we must hold to the difficult, then that which now still seems to us...

If only we arrange our life according to that principle which counsels us that we must hold to the difficult, then that which now still seems to us...

If only we arrange our life according to that principle which counsels us that we must hold to the difficult, then that which now still seems to us...