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Chapter 43

Power Without Force

The soft and formless can overcome the hard and solid — revealing the quiet power of non-action. True wisdom often comes without words, and true strength arises from yielding.

Power Without Force

The softest thing in the world
overcomes the hardest.

What has no form
enters where there is no space.

This shows the power
of doing without doing.

Few understand
the teaching that has no words,
or the strength
that comes from non-action.

Power Without Force