Infancy is what is eternal, and the rest, all the rest, is brevity, extreme brevity.

Quote by Antonio Porchia

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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.

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...

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...

Certainties are arrived at only on foot.

Certainties are arrived at only on foot.

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.

My poverty is not complete: it lacks me.

My poverty is not complete: it lacks me.

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

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

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...

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.

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 does not know how to create should not know.

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

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.

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.

Truth has very few friends and those few are suicides.

Truth has very few friends and those few are suicides.

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...

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

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

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...

An idea is a point of departure and no more. As soon as you elaborate...

An idea is a point of departure and no more. As soon as you elaborate...

I hope the departue is joyful and I hope never to return.

I hope the departue is joyful and I hope never to return.