We tear life out of life to use it for looking at itself.

Quote by Antonio Porchia

Topics: Life Quotes

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 know how to create should not know.

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

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...

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.

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 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 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.

Truth has very few friends and those few are suicides.

Truth has very few friends and those few are suicides.

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...

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

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

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...

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...

One lives in the hope of becoming a memory.

One lives in the hope of becoming a memory.

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

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

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.

Certainties are arrived at only on foot.

Certainties are arrived at only on foot.

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...

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.

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.