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

Quote by Antonio Porchia

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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.

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.

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.

Certainties are arrived at only on foot.

Certainties are arrived at only on foot.

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.

My poverty is not complete: it lacks me.

My poverty is not complete: it lacks me.

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.

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...

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.

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...

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.

Truth has very few friends and those few are suicides.

Truth has very few friends and those few are suicides.

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

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

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...

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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