God has given a great deal to man, but man would like something from man.

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I have been my own disciple and my own master. And I have been a...

I have been my own disciple and my own master. And I have been a...

That in man which cannot be domesticated is not his evil but his goodness.

That in man which cannot be domesticated is not his evil but his goodness.

He who does not fill his world with phantoms remains alone.

He who does not fill his world with phantoms remains alone.

The children whom nobody leads by the hand are the children who know they are...

The children whom nobody leads by the hand are the children who know they are...

My poverty is not complete: it lacks me.

My poverty is not complete: it lacks me.

Those who gave away their wings are sad not to see them fly.

Those who gave away their wings are sad not to see them fly.

In a full heart there is room for everything, and in an empty heart there...

In a full heart there is room for everything, and in an empty heart there...

I stop wanting what I am looking for, looking for it.

I stop wanting what I am looking for, looking for it.

If you do not raise your eyes you will think you are the highest point.

If you do not raise your eyes you will think you are the highest point.

We tear life out of life to use it for looking at itself.

We tear life out of life to use it for looking at itself.

The chains that bind us the most closely are the ones we have broken.

The chains that bind us the most closely are the ones we have broken.

If you are good to this one and that one, this one and that one...

If you are good to this one and that one, this one and that one...

Yes, I will go. I would rather grieve over your absence than over you.

Yes, I will go. I would rather grieve over your absence than over you.

Flowers are without hope. Because hope is tomorrow and flowers have no tomorrow.

Flowers are without hope. Because hope is tomorrow and flowers have no tomorrow.

You do not see the river of mourning because it lacks one tear of your...

You do not see the river of mourning because it lacks one tear of your...

He who has seen everything empty itself is close to knowing what everything is filled...

He who has seen everything empty itself is close to knowing what everything is filled...

What we pay for with our lives never costs too much.

What we pay for with our lives never costs too much.

I know what I have given you. I do not know what you have received

I know what I have given you. I do not know what you have received

For my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars...

For my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars...

It is easier to find a score of men wise enough to discover the truth...

It is easier to find a score of men wise enough to discover the truth...

Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it

Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it