Clay is fashioned into vessels; it is on their empty hollowness that their use depends. Doors and windows … - Laozi

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The main failure of education is that it has not prepared people to comprehend matters concerning human destiny.

Laozi

Clay is fashioned into vessels; it is on their empty hollowness that their use depends. Doors and windows are cut out to make a dwelling, and on the empty space within, its use depends. Thus, while the existence of things may be good, it is the non-existence in them that makes them serviceable.

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