“Тhe gentle overcomes the rigid.The slow overcomes the fast.The weak overcomes the strong."…"Everyone knows that the yielding overcomes the stiff,and the soft overcomes the hard.Yet no one applies this knowledge.”

“The soft overcomes the hard; and the weak the strong.”

“Water is fluid, soft, and yielding. But water will wear away rock, which is rigid and cannot yield. As a rule, whatever is fluid, soft, and yielding will overcome whatever is rigid and hard. This is another paradox: what is soft is strong.”

“He who overcomes others is strong;”

“Constant action overcomes cold; being still overcomes heat.”

“he who overcomes himself is mighty.”

“The softest things in the world overcome the hardest things in the world.Through this I know the advantage of taking no action.”