I have been my own disciple and my own master. And I have been a good disciple but a bad master.

Quote by Antonio Porchia

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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...

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.

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

My poverty is not complete: it lacks me.

My poverty is not complete: it lacks me.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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...

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

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

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...

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,...