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.

Quote by Antonio Porchia

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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.

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.

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...

Certainties are arrived at only on foot.

Certainties are arrived at only on foot.

My poverty is not complete: it lacks me.

My poverty is not complete: it lacks me.

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.

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...

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.

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.

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.

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,...

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.

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 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

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

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

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...