There is nothing in the world more soft and weak than water, and yet for attacking things that are firm and strong there is nothing that can take precedence of it…
Lao Tzu, The Tao Teh King
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…the sufficiency of contentment is an enduring and unchanging sufficiency.
Lao Tzu, The Tao Teh King
He who knows other men is discerning; he who knows himself is intelligent. He who overcomes others is strong; he who overcomes himself is mighty.
Lao Tzu, The Tao Teh King
The tree which fills the arms grew from the tiniest sprout; the tower of nine storeys rose from a (small) heap of earth; the journey of a thousand li commenced with a single step.
Lao Tzu, The Tao Teh King
The highest excellence is like (that of) water. The excellence of water appears in its benefiting all things, and in its occupying, without striving (to the contrary), the low place which all men dislike.
Lao Tzu, The Tao Teh King