The truly wise are content to be last. They are, therefore, first. They are indifferent to themselves. They are, therefore self-confident.
LaoziThe softest of stuff in the world, penetrates quickly the hardest, insubstantial, it enters where there is no room.
LaoziWe join spokes together in a wheel, but it is the center hole that makes the wagon move. We shape clay into a pot, but it is the emptiness inside that holds whatever we want. We hammer wood for a house, but it is the inner space that makes it livable. We work with being, but non-being is what we use.
Laozi