Anyone who wants to learn about Rilkean wisdom should read this book as the collection of ten letters written by the poet mirrors knowledge about life and love.
‘The letters on life’ by the German poet Rilke offers us her personal philosophy on life. Her thoughts on how to give meaning to everyday life with beauty and meaning can be a good guide in a time when we need it.
“There is no force in the world but love, and when you carry it within you, if you simply have it, even if you remain baffled as to how to use it, it will work its radiant effects and help you out of and beyond yourself: one must never lose this belief, one must simply (and if it were nothing else) endure in it!”
This book by Rilke is brilliantly written and shows the reader the passion of a poet on the meaning art and work with carefully and masterfully chosen words.
It is a perfect book for all occasions as the letters of Rilke gives us a feeling of everyday existence, from love to the experience of loss.
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