Those who gave away their wings are sad not to see them fly.

Quote by Antonio Porchia

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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 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.

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 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.

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.

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.

My poverty is not complete: it lacks me.

My poverty is not complete: it lacks me.

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,...

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.

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.

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...

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

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

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.

One lives in the hope of becoming a memory.

One lives in the hope of becoming a memory.

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

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.

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

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

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.