Nothing in the world is more flexible and yielding than water. Yet when it attacks the firm and the strong, read more

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.

Water is the mother of the vine,
The nurse and fountain of fecundity,
The adorner and refresher read more

Water is the mother of the vine,
The nurse and fountain of fecundity,
The adorner and refresher of the world.

And pines with thirst amidst a sea of waves.

And pines with thirst amidst a sea of waves.

And so never ending,
But always descending.

And so never ending,
But always descending.

Water which is too pure has no fish

Water which is too pure has no fish

Don't you realize that the sea is the home of water? All water is off on a journey unless it's read more

Don't you realize that the sea is the home of water? All water is off on a journey unless it's in the sea, and it's homesick, and bound to make its way home someday

The formula for water is H2O. Is the formula for an ice cube H2O squared?

The formula for water is H2O. Is the formula for an ice cube H2O squared?

It is wretched business to be digging a well just as thirst is
mastering you.
[Lat., Miserum est read more

It is wretched business to be digging a well just as thirst is
mastering you.
[Lat., Miserum est opus,
Igitur demum fodere puteum, ubi sitis fauces tedet.]

A cup of cold Adam from the next purling stream.

A cup of cold Adam from the next purling stream.