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Be Like Water. The highest good flows without struggle. The central metaphor in Taoism for yielding power, adaptability, and humility. Water benefits all things without competing, seeks the lowest places, and wears down stone through persistence. Water's paradoxical strength -- yielding yet irresistible, humble yet life-giving -- makes it the central metaphor for the Taoist way of living across multiple chapters of the Tao Te Ching. • The highest good flows without struggle

According to the Tao Te Ching by Laozi and the Zhuangzi, the foundational texts of Taoist philosophy, Be Like Water.

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