There is nothing more natural than to consider everything as starting from oneself, chosen as the center of the world; one finds oneself thus

There is nothing more natural than to consider everything as starting from oneself, chosen as the center of the world; one finds oneself thus capable of condemning the world without even wanting to hear its deceitful chatter.

–
Guy Debord

Does something which exists on the edge have no true relevance to the stable center, or does it, by being on the edge, become a part of the

Does something which exists on the edge have no true relevance to the stable center, or does it, by being on the edge, become a part of the edge and thus a part of the boundary, the definition which gives the whole its shape

–
Lucy Grealy

We 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

We 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.

–
Lao Tzu