# 78
| Nothing in the world is as soft and yeilding as water. Yet for dissolving the hard and inflexible, nothing can surpass it. The soft overcomes the hard; the gentle overcomes the rigid. Everyone knows this is true, but few can put it into practice. Therefore the Master remains serene in the midst of sorrow. Evil cannot enter his heart. Because he has given up helping, he is the people's greatest help. True words seem paradoxical. Lao Tzu |
posted by Preston @ 4:19 PM
5 Comments:
This reminds me so of I Ching ... again to state the obvious ... gotta keep in practice. Yet it's true, water puts out fire, carve canyons in solid rock, can permeate al crevices on a surface, and yet can set up walls, quenches thirst, is so useful that God used it to create man, oh man.
H:
Pretty amazing. Perhaps the part about few being able to put it into practice is because water's ability to break down hard substances is persistent, even eternal, but very gradual and slow. It takes a lot of patience and discipline to successfully apply this principle. Or so I think.
About a thousand people have suggested I read the art of war, maybe I will when I am done with American Mania :)
I linked to your site, hope thats okay :)
Thanks Henry... I needed that.
Xie xie quan jia.
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