People :
Author : Laozi (Lao-Tzu)
Translator : Ursula K. Le Guin
Text :
Nothing in the world
is as soft, as weak, as water;
nothing else can wear away
the hard, the strong,
and remain unaltered.
Soft overcomes hard,
weak overcomes strong.
Everybody knows it,
nobody uses the knowledge.
So the wise say:
By bearing common defilements
you become a sacrificer at the altar of earth;
by bearing common evils
you become a lord of the world.
Right words sound wrong.
From : TheAnarchistLibrary.org.
Chronology :
November 07, 2021 : Book 2, Chapter 78 -- Added.
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