You, darkness, of whom I am born- I love you more than the flame that limits the world to the circle it illumines and excludes the rest.
Interpretation
This quote reflects a deep appreciation for the unknown and the darker aspects of existence, suggesting that love for these elements surpasses the limitations of light and clarity.
Rainer Maria Rilke's quote expresses the profound connection between the self and darkness, portraying darkness not just as absence of light but as an essential aspect of life. The speaker indicates a love for darkness that transcends the comfort of light, emphasizing that true understanding includes embracing the unknown and chaotic aspects of our existence which illuminate our lives in their own way.
In practice
In a conversation about personal growth, one might quote Rilke to emphasize the importance of embracing all aspects of life, including suffering.
Spring has again returned. _x000D_ _x000D_ The Earth is like a child that knows many poems._x000D_ _x000D_ Many, O so many. For the hardship_x000D_ _x000D_ of such long learning she receives the prize._x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ Strict was her teacher. _x000D_ _x000D_ The white in the old man's beard pleases us._x000D_ _x000D_ Now, what to call green, to call blue,_x000D_ _x000D_ we dare to ask: She knows, She knows!
Verses are not, as people think, feelings (those one has early enough) -- they are experiences. For the sake of a verse one must see many cities, men, and things, one must know the animals feel how birds fly, and know the gesture with which the little flowers open in the morning.
a good marriage is that in which each appoints the other guardian of his solitude
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.
The only journey is the one within.
And now we welcome the new year, full of things that have never been
A statement is persuasive and credible either because it is directly self-evident or because it appears to be proved from other statements that are so.
Our faith is an astounding thing-astounding that I should believe him to be the Son of God who is suspended on the cross, whom I have never seen, with whom I have never become acquainted.
Forget about your life situation and pay attention to your life. Your life situation exists in time. Your life is now. Your life situation is mind-stuff. Your life is real." "Instead of asking 'what do I want from life?,' a more powerful question is, 'what does life want from me?'
We didn't exactly believe your story.' Then --?' 'We believed your two hundred dollars.' 'You mean --' She seemed not to know what he meant. 'I mean that you paid us more than if you'd been telling the truth,' he explained blandly, 'and enough more to make it all right.
I ought to be thy Adam, but I am rather the fallen angel.
One might call habit a moral friction: something that prevents the mind from gliding over things but connects it with them and makes it hard for it to free itself from them.
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