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Lao Tzu redefined strength not as rigidity, but as flexibility. He pointed out that 'Men are born soft and supple; dead, they are stiff and hard. Plants are born tender and pliant; dead, they are brittle and dry. Thus whoever is stiff and inflexible is a disciple of death. Whoever is soft and yielding is a disciple of life. ' He used water as the ultimate symbol of strength: it yields to everything but conquers everything. True strength, he teaches, is the ability to adapt, to bend without breaking, and to overcome force with softness.
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