Monday, March 9, 2009

Don't quote me........

I love quotes. I love all kinds of quotes. I love them from philosophers, writers, poets, former heads of state, spiritual leaders, movies, television, or songs. I love song lyrics and poems. I live for words.

Below is one of my favorite quotes. I have a magnet on my fridge, that I found in Evansville, IN at the museum gift shop, with this quote on it. I am still so grateful for finding it and having a place where I can view it often.



"i beg you...to have patience with
everything unresolved in your heart
and try to love the questions themselves
as if they were locked rooms or
books written in a very foreign language.
don't search for the answers,
which could not be given you now,
because you would not be able to live them.
and the points is, to live everything.
live the questions now. perhaps then,
someday far in the future, you will gradually,
without even noticing it,
live your way into the answer......"

rainer maria rilke
Letters to a Young Poet

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