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We shape clay into a pot, but it is the emptiness inside that holds whatever we want.

By Lao Tzu
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Lao Tzu was a legendary ancient Chinese philosopher estimated to have lived sometime between the sixth and fourth centuries BCE. He is considered the author of the Tao Te Ching and founder of philosophical Taoism, a fundamental tradition of Chinese thought that prescribes living in harmony with the universe, called the Way (Tao).

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C. S. Lewis
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