Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.
Goodness in words creates trust, goodness in thinking creates depth, goodness in giving creates love.
A tree that is unbending, is easily broken.
Peace and quiet govern the world.
That which offers no resistance, overcomes the hardest substances.
Nothing in the world is more flexible and yielding than water. Yet when it attacks the firm and the strong, none can withstand it, because they have no way to change it. So the flexible overcome the adamant, the yielding overcome the forceful. Everyone knows this, but no one can do it.