My poverty is not complete: it lacks me.

Quote by Antonio Porchia

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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...

Truth has very few friends and those few are suicides.

Truth has very few friends and those few are suicides.

Certainties are arrived at only on foot.

Certainties are arrived at only on foot.

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...

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.

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...

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.

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,...

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

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

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.

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...

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...

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

One lives in the hope of becoming a memory.

One lives in the hope of becoming a memory.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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