I know what I have given you. I do not know what you have received

Quote by Antonio Porchia

Topics: Wisdom Quotes, Wise Quotes

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.

Certainties are arrived at only on foot.

Certainties are arrived at only on foot.

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...

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.

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.

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...

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.

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.

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,...

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...

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.