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

Quote by Antonio Porchia

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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.

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 does not fill his world with phantoms remains alone.

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

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.

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

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

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...

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 does not know how to create should not know.

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

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...

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.

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...

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.

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.

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...

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 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...

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

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

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.