Rainer Maria Rilke

To multiply a loved one's freedom by all the freedom we can find in ourselves

This is guilt, if anything is guilt: not to multiply a loved one's freedom by all the freedom we can find in ourselves. We have, in loving, only this one task: to let each other go. For holding on is easy for us, nothing we need learn.
Rainer Maria Rilke in DEAR FRIEND by Eric Torgersen

But I am listening

You, neighbor God, when I disturb with heavy raps
your quiet during a lonely night,
it is because I rarely hear You breathe,
though know: You're in your room alone.
And while in need, there's no one there to bring
your groping hand a drink. But I
am listening. Just give me a sign.
I am close by.

from THE BOOK OF HOURS by Rainer Maria Rilke

A paradox

A paradox: To those who really love, the more they give, the more they possess.

Rainer Maria Rilke
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