Chapter 43
Tao Te Ching (The Tao Teh King), trans. James Legge
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The softest thing in the world dashes against and overcomes the hardest; that which has no (substantial) existence enters where there is no crevice. I know hereby what advantage belongs to doing nothing (with a purpose). There are few in the world who attain to the teaching without words, and the advantage arising from non-action.
Laozi (attributed), Tao Te Ching (The Tao Teh King), trans. James Legge (1891). Public domain.