Cautious, like crossing a river in the winter.
The sage never strives for the great, and thereby the great is achieved.
For all things difficult to acquire, the intelligent man works with perseverance.
Creating without claiming, Doing without taking credit, Guiding without interfering, This is Primal Virtue.
To be of few words is natural.
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.