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Whatever it takes, make sure
you're one of the few,
not one of the many.

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For one human being to love another; that is perhaps the most difficult of all our tasks, the ultimate, the last test and proof, the work for which all other work is but preparation. I hold this to be the highest task for a bond between two people: That each protects the solitude of the other. This is the miracle that happens every time to those who really love: The more they give, the more they possess.

— Rainer Maria Rilke

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Wenn Du an mich denkst, erinnere Dich an die Stunde, in welcher Du mich am liebsten hattest.

— Rainer Maria Rilke

I believe that nothing that is real can pass away. But I believe that many people are not real. Many people and many things.

— Rainer Maria Rilke

I want to be with those who know secret things or else alone.

— Rainer Maria Rilke

Make your ego porous. Will is of little importance, complaining is nothing, fame is nothing. Openness, patience, receptivity, solitude is everything.

— Rainer Maria Rilke

And now we welcome the new year, full of things that have never been.

— Rainer Maria Rilke

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