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

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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...

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.

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.

What words say does not last. The words last. Because words are always the same,...

What words say does not last. The words last. Because words are always the same,...

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

Infancy is what is eternal, and the rest, all the rest, is brevity, extreme brevity.

Infancy is what is eternal, and the rest, all the rest, is brevity, extreme brevity.

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.

He who does not know how to create should not know.

He who does not know how to create should not know.

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.

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.

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

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

He who goes step by step always finds himself level with a step.

He who goes step by step always finds himself level with a step.

Certainties are arrived at only on foot.

Certainties are arrived at only on foot.

Truth has very few friends and those few are suicides.

Truth has very few friends and those few are suicides.

Whatever I take, I take too much or too little; I do not take the...

Whatever I take, I take too much or too little; I do not take the...

My poverty is not complete: it lacks me.

My poverty is not complete: it lacks me.

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...

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.

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...

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

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