From Letters to a young poet – Rainer Marie Rilke
August 30th, 2008 by Neema | 2 Comments
Viareggio, near Pisa (Italy)
April 5, 1903
“…ultimately, and precisely in the deepest and most important matters, we are unspeakably alone; and many things must happen, many things must go right, a whole constellation of events must be fulfilled, for one human being to successfully advise or help another.
Letter no. 2
Translated by Stephen Mitchell