In the world there is nothing more submissive and weak than water. Yet for attacking that which is hard and strong nothing can surpass it.
Source: Tao-te-ching, bk. 2, ch. 78.
-- Lao-Tzu, (Jan 0 c. 570BC-????), Chinese philosopher; He was the founder of Taoism. His philosophy of quietism urged renunciation of desire.