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Huge statue in Fujian province of Laozi, traditionally regarded as the founder of
Taoism. (Bbbar/Dreamstime.com)
concerns the ability of water, the softest known substance in nature, to
wear down and erode rock, nature's hardest substance:
The softest [substance] under Heaven
Gallops like a horse right on through the hardest [substance] under
Heaven
Only nothingness penetrates spacelessness
Therefore I know the benefit of non-action
And the instructional value of not speaking.
The benefit of non-action:
Nothing else under Heaven can equal it!
In a passage reminiscent of Ecclesiastes 12:12, the Tao-te ching urges
that running about in pursuit of knowledge is ultimately futile and
useless:
Go not out your door,
And you can know all under Heaven;
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