"Thirty spokes are joined in the wheel's hub.……" — Laozi

"Thirty spokes are joined in the wheel's hub. The hole in the middle makes it useful."

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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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More Hole Quotes

This quote is filed under Hole Quotes, one of 1,056 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

It was regarded as a responsibility of the BBC to provide programs which have a broad spectrum of interest, and… — David Attenborough
I wonder if a soldier ever does mend a bullet hole in his coat? — Clara Barton
A ball had passed between my body and the right arm which supported him, cutting through the sleeve and passing… — Clara Barton
I started composting in 1970 by taking my food scraps out behind where I lived and burying them in a… — Ed Begley, Jr.
The arms race is worse than it ever was, the dumping of creation down a military rat hole is worse… — Daniel Berrigan
A good way I know to find happiness, is to not bore a hole to fit the plug. — Josh Billings
My father worked at the Naval Ordnance Lab, and they had a nine-hole course on the property. You paid a… — Lewis Black
I started playing golf when I was a kid, because across the street from where we lived there was a… — Lewis Black
I cannot save the world; that's not what I'm trying to do. I guess I'm just trying to walk the… — Mary J. Blige
The world is really run by the Web. There's so much information out there that you can click and keep… — Big Boi
What happens to the hole when the cheese is gone? — Bertolt Brecht
In my third husband I had discovered a blissfully laid-back type who thought it nothing less than hilarious when I… — Julie Burchill

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