Muddy water, let stand - becomes clear

Rule a kingdom as though you were cooking a small fish - don't overdo it

Nothing in the world is more flexible and yielding than water. Yet when it attacks the firm and the strong, none can withstand it, because they have no way to change it. So the flexible overcome the adamant, the yielding overcome the forceful. Everyone knows this, but no one can do it.

Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it

Because of a great love, one is courageous.

Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it.