Whatever I take, I take too much or too little; I do not take the exact amount. The exact amount is no use to me.

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

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

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

Certainties are arrived at only on foot.

Certainties are arrived at only on foot.

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...

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

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

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...

One lives in the hope of becoming a memory.

One lives in the hope of becoming a memory.

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.

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...

Truth has very few friends and those few are suicides.

Truth has very few friends and those few are suicides.

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...

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

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.

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.

Sadness flies on the wings of the morning and out of the heart of darkness...

Sadness flies on the wings of the morning and out of the heart of darkness...

Giving someone all your love is not an insurance that they will love you back.

Giving someone all your love is not an insurance that they will love you back.