“The highest excellence is like (that of) water. The excellence of water appears in its benefiting all things, …” — Tao Te Ching, ch. 8 – tr. James Legge (1891) · The Inspired Sage

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The highest excellence is like (that of) water. The excellence of water appears in its benefiting all things, and in its occupying, without striving (to the contrary), the low place which all men dislike. Hence (its way) is near to (that of) the Tao.

— Tao Te Ching, ch. 8 – tr. James Legge (1891)

Tao Te Ching, ch. 8 – tr. James Legge (1891)

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Attributed to: Tao Te Ching, ch. 8 – tr. James Legge (1891)
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“The highest excellence is like (that of) water. The excellence of water appears in its benefiting all things, …” — Tao Te Ching, ch. 8 – tr. James Legge (1891) · The Inspired Sage