Chapter 43
Part 2: Te Ching
The Universal Use (of the Action in Weakness of the Dao)
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The softest thing in the world dashes against and overcomes the hardest; That which has no (substantial) existence enters where there is no crevice.
I know hereby what advantage belongs to doing nothing (with a purpose). There are few in the world who attain to the teaching without words, and the advantage arising from non-action.