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Live the Questions

Rainer Maria Rilke · 1903

"Do not rush to find answers to life's deepest dilemmas; you must learn to love the questions themselves until you gradually live your way into the answer."

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When we are young, we are desperate for certainty. We want to know exactly what our career should be, who we should marry, and what the meaning of life is. When we can't find the answers immediately, we feel a deep, agonizing anxiety.

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