“The highest excellence is like (that of) water.”

“And when (one with the highest excellence) does not wrangle (about his low position), no one finds fault with him.”

“The excellence of water appears in its benefiting all things, and in its occupying, without striving (to the contrary), the low place which all men dislike.”

“Be like water.”

“The excellence of a residence is in (the suitability of) the place;”

“In the highest antiquity, (the people) did not know that there were (their rulers).”

“Scholars of the highest class, when they hear about the Tao, earnestly carry it into practice.”