Quote of the Day by Rainer Maria Rilke on patience, uncertainty and hope: 'Live the questions now…'

Key points

• Quote of the day: “Live the questions now.
• Perhaps you will then gradually, without noticing it, live along some distant day into the answer,” – Rainer Maria Rilke.
• Rainer Maria Rilke’s quote is one of literature’s most comforting reflections on uncertainty.
• The line is taken from Letters to a Young Poet, a collection of letters Rilke wrote to Franz Xaver Kappus, a young aspiring poet seeking guidance.
• The quote reminds readers that not every answer can be forced immediately;