From the Tao Te Ching...

We shape clay
to birth a vessel,
yet it's the hollow within
that makes it useful.

—Lao Tzu
Trans. by Ralph Alan Dale

From the Tao Te Ching...

The wise are heard
through their silence,
always self-full through selflessness.

—Lao Tzu
Trans. by Ralph Alan Dale

From the Tao Te Ching...

Countless words
count less
than the silent balance
between yin and yang.

--Lao Tzu
Trans. by Ralph Alan Dale

From the Tao Te Ching...

The wise
teach without telling
allow without commanding,
have without possessing,
care without claiming.

--Lao Tzu
Trans. by Ralph Alan Dale