Antonio Porchia: Quotes about thinking

Antonio Porchia was Italian Argentinian poet. Explore interesting quotes on thinking.
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“Sometimes I think that everything I see does not exist. Because everything I see is what I saw, and everything I saw does not exist.”

A veces creo que no existe todo lo que veo. Porque todo lo que veo es todo lo que vi. Y todo lo que vi no existe.
Voces (1943)

“You think you kill me. I think you kill yourself.”

Tú crees que me matas. Yo creo que te suicidas.
Voces (1943)

“I talk thinking that I shouldn't talk: that is how I talk.”

Hablo pensando que no debiera hablar: así hablo.
Voces (1943)

“The less you think you are, the more you bear. And if you think you are nothing, you bear everything.”

Cuanto menos uno cree ser, más soporta. Y si cree ser nada, soporta todo.
Voces (1943)

“Everyone thinks that their things are not like all the other things in the world, and that is why everyone keeps them.”

Cada uno creo que sus cosas no son como todo las cosas de este mundo. Y es por ello que cada uno tiene sus cosas.
Voces (1943)

“If you do not raise your eyes, you will think you are the highest point.”

Si no levantas los ojos, creerás que eres el punto más alto.
Voces (1943)

“If I didn’t think the sun looked at me a little, I wouldn’t look at it.”

Si no creyera que el sol me mira un poco, no lo miraría.
Voces (1943)

“Pain lies above, not below. And they all think that pain is below. And they all want to rise.”

El dolor está arriba, no abajo. Y todos creen que el dolor está abajo. Y todos quieren subir.
Voces (1943)

“Because they know the name of what I am looking for, they think they know what I am looking for!”

Porque saben el nombre de lo que busco ¡creen que saben lo que busco!
Voces (1943)

“As long as we think we are worth something, we wrong ourselves.”

Mientras creemos tener algún valor, nos hacemos daño.
Voces (1943)