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Letters to a Young Poet
- In the early 20th century, Rilke wrote a wonderful series of letters to a young poet in which he counseled, "Be patient with all that is unresolved in your heart." He said, "Try to love the questions themselves as though they were locked rooms or books written in a very foreign language." He said, "Don't try to reach for the answers which could not... See more
from Krista Tippett: 3 practices for wisdom and wholeness by Krista Tippett
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In a 1903 letter to his protégé, the 19-year-old cadet and budding poet Franz Xaver Kappus, Rilke writes:
I want to beg you, as much as I can, dear sir, to be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and to try to love the questions themselves like locked rooms and like books that are written in a very foreign tongue. Do not now
... See morefrom Live the Questions: Rilke on Embracing Uncertainty and Doubt as a Stabilizing Force by Maria Popova
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