That in man which cannot be domesticated is not his evil but his goodness.

Quote by Antonio Porchia

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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.

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...

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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 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...

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

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.

My poverty is not complete: it lacks me.

My poverty is not complete: it lacks me.

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.

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,...

Certainties are arrived at only on foot.

Certainties are arrived at only on foot.

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.

One lives in the hope of becoming a memory.

One lives in the hope of becoming a memory.