You are also the physician who must watch over yourself. But in the co…

Rainer Maria Rilke
343 citations
You are also the physician who must watch over yourself. But in the course of every illness there are many days in which the physician can do nothing but wait. ✨ Rainer Maria Rilke (2010). Letters to a Young Poet, p.81, New World Library
Sadness
13

More Author Quotes

There is time only to work slowly There is no time not to love
But suppose the endlessly dead were to wake in us some emblem: they might point to the catkins hanging from the empty hazel trees, or direct us to the rain descending on black earth in early spring. … ▶
I could give you no advice but this: to go into yourself and to explore the depths where your life wells forth. ✨ Rainer Maria Rilke (2012). Letters to a Young Poet, p.13, Courier Corporation
Do not be bewildered by the surfaces: in the depths all becomes law. ✨ Rainer Maria Rilke, John J. L. Mood (1994). Rilke on Love and Other Difficulties: Translations and Considerations, p.42, W. W. N … ▶
Perhaps creating something is nothing but an act of profound remembrance. ✨ Rainer Maria Rilke (2007). Letters on Life: New Prose Translations, p.63, Modern Library

You are also the physician who must watch over yourself. But in the course of every illness there are many days in which the physician can do nothing but wait. ✨ Rainer Maria Rilke (2010). Letters to a Young Poet, p.81, New World Library

More Author Quotes

Most Cited Authors

The Best Quotes

Most Liked Authors

Curated Author Quotes