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

Quote by Antonio Porchia

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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 we pay for with our lives never costs too much.

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

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...

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.

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...

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.

Certainties are arrived at only on foot.

Certainties are arrived at only on foot.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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...

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 a wise man behaves prudently, how can he be overcome by his enemies? Even...

If a wise man behaves prudently, how can he be overcome by his enemies? Even...

Wisdom is meaningless until your own experience has given it meaning and there is wisdom...

Wisdom is meaningless until your own experience has given it meaning and there is wisdom...

A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.

A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.

Lovers should be as Fire and Air; fire must have air to breath and air...

Lovers should be as Fire and Air; fire must have air to breath and air...