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Letters to a Young Poet (Penguin Classics)

Rainer Maria Maria Rilke

At the start of the twentieth century, Rainer Maria Rilke wrote a series of letters to a young officer cadet, advising him on writing, love, sex, suffering and the nature of advice itself; these profound and lyrical letters have since become hugely influential for writers and artists of all kinds. T...

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It was mentioned as an inspiration for the structure of 'Letters to a Young Athlete'. Chris Bosh referenced it when discussing the importance of embracing questions and living experiences fully.

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One of the things the poet Rilke taught me was part of being wise is accepting that you don't have all the answers right now.

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It was mentioned as an inspiration for the structure of 'Letters to a Young Athlete'. Chris Bosh referenced it when discussing the importance of embracing questions and living experiences fully.

"

One of the things the poet Rilke taught me was part of being wise is accepting that you don't have all the answers right now.

Try to love the questions themselves as if they were locked rooms or books written in a foreign language, he wrote in Letters to a Young Poet.

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