I keep my hands empty for the sake of what I have had in them.

Quote by Antonio Porchia

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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...

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 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...

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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...

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

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...

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.

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.

One lives in the hope of becoming a memory.

One lives in the hope of becoming a memory.

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 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...

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.

My poverty is not complete: it lacks me.

My poverty is not complete: it lacks me.

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.

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

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