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" I want my own will, and I want
simply to be with my will,
as it goes toward action.
And in the silent, sometimes hardly moving times,
when something is coming near,
I want to be with those who know
secret things or else alone...
I want to unfold.
I don’t want to be folded anywhere,
because where I am folded,
there I am a lie. "

Rainer Maria Rilke , Rilke's Book of Hours: Love Poems to God


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Rainer Maria Rilke quote : I want my own will, and I want<br />simply to be with my will,<br />as it goes toward action.<br />And in the silent, sometimes hardly moving times,<br />when something is coming near,<br />I want to be with those who know<br />secret things or else alone...<br />I want to unfold.<br />I don’t want to be folded anywhere,<br />because where I am folded,<br />there I am a lie.