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

Quote by Antonio Porchia

Topics: Wisdom Quotes, Wise Quotes

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

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

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.

Truth has very few friends and those few are suicides.

Truth has very few friends and those few are suicides.

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...

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

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

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 goes step by step always finds himself level with a step.

He who goes step by step always finds himself level with a step.

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...

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...

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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...

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

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

My poverty is not complete: it lacks me.

My poverty is not complete: it lacks me.