Truth sounds paradoxical!
Praise and disgrace cause fear.
When family ties are disturbed, devoted children arise.
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.
To be of few words is natural.
Embrace simplicity. Put others first. Desire little.