"Thirty spokes share the wheel's hub;
It is the center hole 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."
- Tao Te Ching, Eleven; Lao Tsu (The Old Master)
translation by Gia-Fu Feng and Jane English, 1997
It is the center hole 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."
- Tao Te Ching, Eleven; Lao Tsu (The Old Master)
translation by Gia-Fu Feng and Jane English, 1997
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