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

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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...

Truth has very few friends and those few are suicides.

Truth has very few friends and those few are suicides.

Certainties are arrived at only on foot.

Certainties are arrived at only on foot.

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

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

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.

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.

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 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

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.

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.

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

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

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 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 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...

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.

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.

A pas de deux is a dialogue of love. How can there be conversation if...

A pas de deux is a dialogue of love. How can there be conversation if...

The people of your culture cling with fanatical tenacity to the specialness of man. They...

The people of your culture cling with fanatical tenacity to the specialness of man. They...