When man is born, he is tender and weak; at death, he is
hard and stiff. When things and plants
are alive, they are soft and supple; when they are dead, they are brittle and
dry. Therefore hardness and stiffness
are the companions of death, and softness and gentleness are the companions of
life.
Therefore when an army is headstrong, it will lose in the
battle. When a tree is hard it will be
cut down. The big and strong belong
underneath. The gentle and weak belong
at the top. - Lao Tzu
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