The softest thing in the world dashes against and overcomes the hardest.

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The softest thing in the world dashes against and overcomes the hardest; that which has no existence enters where there is no crevice. I know hereby what advantage belongs to doing nothing. There are few in the world who attain to the teaching without words, and the advantage arising from non-action.

Source Tao Te King, chapter 43 · 📖 Read the full passage

✨ To meditate on today

According to Lao Tzu, what is gentle and supple, like water, ends up overcoming what is hard, and the sage acts through “non-action,” without forcing. Today, when you meet resistance, give up pushing harder: respond gently and let time do its work.

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