The Source

Bruce Lee

Don’t get set into one form; adapt it and build your own, and let it grow. Be like water.

Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless — like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.

Lao Tzu

The best man is like water.

Water is good; it benefits all things and does not compete with them.

It dwells in lowly places that all disdain.

This is why it is so near to Tao.

The best man in his dwelling loves the earth.

In his heart, he loves what is profound.

In his associations, he loves humanity.

In his words, he loves faithfulness.

In government, he loves order.

In handling affairs, he loves competence.

In his activities, he loves timeliness.

It is because he does not compete that he is without reproach.