“The living are soft and yielding; the dead are rigid and stiff. Living plants are flexible and tender; the dead…
“Water is the softest and most yielding substance. Nothing is better than water, for overcoming the hard and rigid, because…
Why is the sea king of a hundred streams? Because it lies below them. Humility gives it its power. Therefore,…
Wisdom isn’t about not making mistakes, but about learning to escape afterward with our dignity and sanity intact. Looking back,…