"something is true only next to something else"
heather asked in one of her past entries what ppl are reading. i'd like to answer that here...i'm reading Letters on Life by Rilke. It was originally published as The Poet's Guide to Life.
If you haven't read Rilke, you really should. Especially now. I mean, anytime really, but read him now.
"It is, after all, one strength within the human with which we achieve everything, a single steadfastness and pure direction of the heart. Whoever possesses that strength ought not to lose himself to fear."
"And life is transformation: all that is good is transformation and all that is bad as well."
"All the things that can n ot be gained through our pleading can be given to us only as something unexpected, something extra: this is why i am yet again confirmed in my belief that often nothing seems to matter in life but the longest patience."
If you haven't read Rilke, you really should. Especially now. I mean, anytime really, but read him now.
"It is, after all, one strength within the human with which we achieve everything, a single steadfastness and pure direction of the heart. Whoever possesses that strength ought not to lose himself to fear."
"And life is transformation: all that is good is transformation and all that is bad as well."
"All the things that can n ot be gained through our pleading can be given to us only as something unexpected, something extra: this is why i am yet again confirmed in my belief that often nothing seems to matter in life but the longest patience."