Clay is used to make vases, but it is the emptiness they contain that makes them useful.
When the sage stands above people, they are not oppressed. When he leads people, they are not obstructed. The world will exalt him and not grow tired of him.
Can you comprehend everything in the four directions and still do nothing?
The Tao is told is not the Tao.
Only he who does not seek to be ahead of others is capable of living in harmony with everyone.
Those who flow as life flows know they need no other force.