Once the realization is accepted that even between the closest human beings infinite distances continue, a wonderful living side by side can grow, if they succeed in loving the distance between them which makes it possible for each to see the other whole against the sky.
WISDOM · VERIFIED · EN
Rainer Maria Rilke Quote
“Live your questions now, and perhaps even without knowing it, you will live along some distant day into your answers.”
0
Source: Quotables — alvations/Quotables (CC0 1.0 dataset)
Attribution status: verified · Publication status: cleared
Explore more quotes attributed to Rainer Maria Rilke or browse wisdom quotes.
If you believe this quote is incorrectly attributed or should be removed, see Copyright and quote corrections.
Related verified quotes
And now we welcome the new year. Full of things that have never been.
The only journey is the one within.
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 poverty.
A person isn't who they are during the last conversation you had with them - they're who they've been throughout your whole relationship.
Love consists in this, that two solitudes protect and touch and greet each other.