"What has no substance can penetrate what..." - Quote by Lao Tzu
What has no substance can penetrate what has no opening.
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More on Flexibility
“The wise man can change his mind; the stubborn one, never.”
“He that humbles himself shall be preserved entire. He that bends shall be made straight. He that is empty shall be filled. He that is worn out shall be renewed. He who has little shall succeed. He who has much shall go astray.”
“Man, when living, is soft and tender; when dead, he is hard and tough. All animals and plants when living are tender and delicate; when dead they become withered and dry. Therefore it is said: the hard and tough are parts of death; the soft and tender are parts of life.”
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“Being physically close to extreme power causes one to experience a giddiness, an intoxication.”
“Anyone, without any great penetration, may distinguish the dispositions consequent on wealth; for its possessors are insolent and overbearing, from being tainted in a certain way by the getting of their wealth. For they are affected as though they possessed every good; since wealth is a sort of standard of the worth of other things; whence every thing seems to be purchasable by it.”
“In all I wish, how happy should I be,Thou grand Deluder, were it not for thee?So weak thou art that fools thy power despise;And yet so strong, thou triumph'st o'er the wise.”