Rainer Maria Rilke Quotes

Not since Moses has anyone seen a mountain so greatly.

Rainer Maria Rilke

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• It is possible that Mount Olympus may have supplied the poets with the hint for saying that Jupiter obtained the kingdom of heaven, because Olympus is the common name both of the mountain and of heaven.

  

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• There's a world out there, and you've got to look at both sides of the mountain in your lifetime.

  

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• A song is such a short form ... that 'the slightest flaw seems like a mountain.' And so every song needs to be revised 'til it's close to perfection... But achieving perfection takes a lot of energy.

  

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• Not since Moses has anyone seen a mountain so greatly.

  

  Rainer Maria Rilke
  • Mountain