Are we not wasps who spend all day in a fruitless attempt to traverse a window-pane - while the other half of the window is wide open? (Wei Wu Wei)

Are we not wasps who spend all day in a fruitless attempt to traverse a window-pane - while the other half of the window is wide open?

Wei Wu Wei

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