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Rainer Maria Rilke

For one human being to love another that is perhaps the most difficult of all our tasks, the ultimate, the last test and proof, the work for which all other work is but preparation.

Rainer Maria Rilke

Love

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Loving another person is described as the hardest challenge we face, requiring everything we have learned and experienced before. It is seen as the final and most important effort that shows our true ability to connect deeply with someone else.

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