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

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

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.

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.

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

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

My poverty is not complete: it lacks me.

My poverty is not complete: it lacks me.

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.

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 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...

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.

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.

Truth has very few friends and those few are suicides.

Truth has very few friends and those few are suicides.

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...

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 goes step by step always finds himself level with a step.

He who goes step by step always finds himself level with a step.

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.

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...

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...

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...

One lives in the hope of becoming a memory.

One lives in the hope of becoming a memory.