An idea from Tao Te Ching

Try to say what matters most to you, and the words often make it smaller. The Tao, the Way things move, has the same problem. The Tao that can be trodden is not the enduring and unchanging Tao. Treat every name for it as a rough pointer.

From Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu

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