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

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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,...

My poverty is not complete: it lacks me.

My poverty is not complete: it lacks me.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

Truth has very few friends and those few are suicides.

Truth has very few friends and those few are suicides.

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.

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.

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...

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...

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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...