Of all things, none does not revere the Way and honor virtue. Reverence of the Way and honoring virtue were not demanded of them, but it is in their nature.

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.

The great Way is very straight, but people prefer to deviate.

Why separate your spiritual life and your practical life? To an integral being, there is no such distinction.

If people do not revere the Law of Nature It will adversely affect them. If they accept It with knowledge and reverence, It will accommodate them with balance and harmony.

They can see their neighbors. Roosters and dogs can be heard from there. Still, they will age and die without visiting one another.

All things in the world come from being. And being comes from non-being.