The Greatest Virtue

The greatest virtue is like water;
It is good to all things.
It attains the most inaccessible places without effort.
Like the heart, it is virtuous by being deep.
Like speech, it is virtuous when it is quiet.
Like choice, it is virtuous in equanimity.
Like a friend, it is trustworthy.
It flows quickly sometimes,
And at others it trickles.
Like action, it has its seasons.
And because it does not strive
It has no enemies.

Adapted from Wisdom of the Tao
By Priya Hemenway