My poverty is not complete: it lacks me.

Quote by Antonio Porchia

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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...

One lives in the hope of becoming a memory.

One lives in the hope of becoming a memory.

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...

Certainties are arrived at only on foot.

Certainties are arrived at only on foot.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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...

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.

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...

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...

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.

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.

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 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.

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

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...

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.