The Collected Works of Rainer Maria Rilke Quotes

“Someday you will name me,
then gently place those burning
holy roses in my hair.

[Songs of Longing]”
― Rainer Maria Rilke, Rainer Maria Rilke - Sämtliche Werke

“Whether it be the singing of a lamp or the voice of a storm, whether it be the breath of an evening or the groan of the ocean — whatever surrounds you, a broad melody always wakes behind you, woven out of a thousand voices, where there is room for your own solo only here and there. To know when you need to join in: that is the secret of your solitude: just as the art of true interactions with others is to let yourself fall away from high words into a single common melody.”
― Rainer Maria Rilke, The Collected Works of Rainer Maria Rilke: The Complete Works PergamonMedia