"The usefulness of a pot comes from its…" — Laozi

"The usefulness of a pot comes from its emptiness."

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1,065 Quotes by Laozi

Laozi has 1,065 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Men are born soft and supple; dead, they are stiff and hard. Plants are born tender and pliant; dead, they…
Goodness strives not, and therefore it is not rebuked.
He that humbles himself shall be preserved entire. He that bends shall be made straight. He that is empty shall…
Therefore the Sage embraces Unity, and is a model for all under Heaven. He is free from self-display, therefore he…
He who, conscious of being strong, is content to be weak, he shall be the paragon of mankind. Being the…
He who is great must make humility his base. He who is high must make lowliness his foundation. Thus, princes…
Thus it is that "Some things are increased by being diminished, others are diminished by being increased." What others have…
What makes a kingdom great is its being like a down-flowing river,--the central point towards which all the smaller streams…
Therefore, if a great kingdom humbles itself before a small kingdom, it shall make that small kingdom its prize. And…
The reason why rivers and seas are able to be lords over a hundred mountain streams, is that they know…
Therefore the Sage, wishing to be above the people, must by his words put himself below them; wishing to be…
The Sage expects no recognition for what he does; he achieves merit but does not take it to himself; he…

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If I look at my old lyrics, they seem to be full of rage, but empty. There was an emptiness… — Billie Joe Armstrong
The honors of this world, what are they but puff, and emptiness, and peril of falling? — Saint Augustine
As the scene of life would be more the cold emptiness of space than the warm, dense atmosphere of planets,… — John Desmond Bernal
The beginning of love is a horror of emptiness. — Robert Bly
Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength. — Corrie Ten Boom
The more space and emptiness you can create in yourself, then you can let the rest of the world come… — Jeff Bridges
It pleases the Father that all fullness should be in Christ; therefore there is nothing but emptiness anywhere else. — William Gadsby
The non-action of the wise man is not inaction. It is not studied. It is not shaken by anything. The… — Zhuangzi
One's condition on marijuana is always existential. One can feel the importance of each moment and how it is changing… — Norman Mailer
Am I willing to give up what I have in order to be what I am not yet? Am I… — Mary Caroline Richards
God is the celebrity author of the world's best seller. We have made god into the biggest celebrity of all,… — Daniel J. Boorstin
We are all prone to the malady of the introvert who with the manifold spectacle of the world spread out… — Bertrand Russell

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