Nothing is more soft and yielding than water; yet for attacking the solid and strong, nothing is better.

"Under heaven nothing is more soft and yielding than water.

Yet for attacking the solid and strong, nothing is better;

It has no equal.

The weak can overcome the strong;

The supple can overcome the stiff.

Under heaven everyone knows this,

Yet no one puts it into practice . . .

The truth often sounds paradoxical."

Lao Tze

6th century, B.C.E.

Photo: North Fork Cascade Creek and the backside of the Tetons; Grand Teton National Park, WY; July 6, 2013