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

Quote by Antonio Porchia

Topics: Wisdom Quotes, Wise Quotes

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.

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.

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,...

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.

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...

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.

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...

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.

My poverty is not complete: it lacks me.

My poverty is not complete: it lacks me.

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...

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.

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.

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.

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 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...

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

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