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“Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage. Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that wants our love.” ― Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet
- “Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage. Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that wants our love.”
- “Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books that are now written in a very foreign tongue.
- “Let everything happen to you. Beauty and terror. Just keep going. No feeling is final” ― Rainer Maria Rilke.
- “We need, in love, to practice only this: letting each other go. For holding on comes easily; we do not need to learn it.” ― Rainer Maria Rilke, Translations from the Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke.
No doubt, but there is no conceivable translation, automatic or manual, that turns that phrase into: "Our deepest fears are like dragons, guarding our deepest treasure." As the songwriter said, he was inspired by Rilke and wanted to give credit for that inspiration.
“Perhaps all the dragons of our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us once beautiful and brave.” [On Strength and Adversity, Selected Letters of Rainer Maria Rilke]. I am a writer in the genre of climate fiction, but unlike most books in this category, I am preapocalyptic and optimistic.
Aug 4, 2014 · “Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage. Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that wants our love.” – Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet
Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage. Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that wants our love. Rainer Maria Rilke. Love, Life, Beauty. 168 Copy quote.
Jan 25, 2022 · In his Letters to a Young Poet, the Austrian poet Rainer Maria Rilke transforms our traditional idea that dragons are dreadful creatures that need to be eliminated. In almost every mythology, the dragon is the symbol of fear and tyranny.
