And now, a word from Laozi (Lao Tzu)….

Words to remember: on the value of emptiness….

Thirty spokes share the wheel’s hub;
It is the center hole¹ that makes it useful.
Shape clay into a vessel;
It is the space within that makes it useful.
Cut doors and windows for a room;
It is the holes which make it useful.
Therefore profit comes from what is there;
Usefulness from what is not there.
– Daodejing (Tao Te Ching), Chapter 11

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^1. As in the slot where the axle goes.

More translations and explanations here, at the Wengu collection.

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