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

Quote by Antonio Porchia

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Certainties are arrived at only on foot.

Certainties are arrived at only on foot.

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...

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.

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,...

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

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

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...

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.

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.

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...

One lives in the hope of becoming a memory.

One lives in the hope of becoming a memory.

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

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

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

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.

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...

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.

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...

My poverty is not complete: it lacks me.

My poverty is not complete: it lacks me.