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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 pov...more

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Don't take my devils away, because my angels may flee too.

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Long you must suffer, knowing not what,until suddenly out of spitefully chewed fruit your suffering's taste comes forth in you.Then you will love almo...more

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She who reconciles the ill-matched threadsOf her life, and weaves them gratefullyInto a single cloth – It’s she who drives the loudmouths from the hal...more

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Take your well-disciplined strengths, stretch them between the two great opposing poles, because inside human beings is where God learns.

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Go into yourself. Find out the reason that commands you to write; see whether it has spread its roots into the very depths of your heart; confess to y...more

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Whoever you are, go out into the evening,leaving your room, of which you know every bit;your house is the last before the infinite,whoever you are.

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There are no classes in life for beginners: right away you are always asked to deal with what is most difficult.

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For one human being to love another: that is perhaps the most difficult of our tasks the ultimate the last test and proof the work for which all ot...more

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If you think your world isn’t poetic enough, or exciting enough to tell a story about, that’s not because it’s a dull world, that’s because you’re not...more

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For beauty is nothing but the beginning of terrorwhich we are barely able to endure, and it amazes us so,because it serenely disdains to destroy us.Ev...more

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I have often wondered whether especially those days when we are forced to remain idle are not precisely the days spend in the most profound activity. ...more

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For if we think of this existence of the individual as a larger or smaller room, it becomes clear that most people get to know only one corner of thei...more

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In the deepest hour of the night, confess to yourself that you would die if you were forbidden to write. And look deep into your heart where it spread...more

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Have patience with everything that remains unsolved in your heart. Try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books written in a...more