29+ Tao Te Ching Quotes Water. Lao tzu argues in the tao te ching that the soft overcomes the hard. When was the last time you heard the . As a rule, whatever is fluid, soft, and yielding will . Have the patience to wait until your mud settles and the water becomes clear. Dao as tao) except for those in quotes and references, and translations of dao. · water gives life to the ten thousand things and does not strive. As the author of the tao te ching, lao tzu is regarded as the founder of philosophical taoism, and as a deity in both religious taoism and other traditional . · it flows in places men reject and so is like the tao. He takes water as a metaphor for this assertion; Without it, we would perish.
