They will say you are on the wrong road, if it is your own.

Quote by Antonio Porchia

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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.

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.

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...

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.

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.

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

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

Truth has very few friends and those few are suicides.

Truth has very few friends and those few are suicides.

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 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

My poverty is not complete: it lacks me.

My poverty is not complete: it lacks me.

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.

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.

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...

One lives in the hope of becoming a memory.

One lives in the hope of becoming a memory.

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.

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...

Certainties are arrived at only on foot.

Certainties are arrived at only on foot.

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...

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...