"Mold clay into a bowl. The empty..." - Quote by Lao Tzu

“The one who does not honor the teacher and the one who does not honor the task, although ever so knowledgeable, they are confused.”

“The sage is not ill, because he sees illness as illness.”

“A good artist lets his intuition lead him wherever it wants.”

“Clay is molded to form a cup, But it is on its non-being that the utility of the cup depends. Doors and windows are cut out to make a room, But it is on its non-being that the utility of the room depends. Therefore turn being into advantage, and turn non-being into utility.”

“Everything is useful which contributes to fix the principles and practices of virtue.”

“We do not make a world of our own, but fall into institutions already made, and have to accommodate ourselves to them to be useful at all.”

“Again, a smooth answer, signifying nothing.”

“In order to taste my cup of water you must first empty your cup.”

“By then I knew that everything good and bad left an emptiness when it stopped. But if it was bad, the emptiness filled up by itself. If it was good you could only fill it by finding something better.”