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

Quote by Antonio Porchia

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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...

Set out from any point. They are all alike. They all lead to a point...

Set out from any point. They are all alike. They all lead to a point...

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...

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...

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 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,...

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...

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.

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.

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.