In a full heart there is room for everything, and in an empty heart there is room for nothing.

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My poverty is not complete: it lacks me.

My poverty is not complete: it lacks me.

Truth has very few friends and those few are suicides.

Truth has very few friends and those few are suicides.

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 does not know how to create should not know.

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

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

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...

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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.

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...

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.

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.

One lives in the hope of becoming a memory.

One lives in the hope of becoming a memory.

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

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