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

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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...

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.

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.

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

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

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...

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

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

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.

One lives in the hope of becoming a memory.

One lives in the hope of becoming a memory.

I keep my hands empty for the sake of what I have had in them.

I keep my hands empty for the sake of what I have had in them.

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.

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.

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...

They will say you are on the wrong road, if it is your own.

They will say you are on the wrong road, if it is your own.

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.

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.

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 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...

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.

Truth has very few friends and those few are suicides.

Truth has very few friends and those few are suicides.