上善若水
최고의 선함은 물과 같다 — 모든 것을 이롭게 하지만 다투지 않는다
The highest goodness is like water — benefiting all yet contending with none
— Tao Te Ching, ch.8
Water flows to the lowest place and gives life to all. Laozi saw highest virtue not as weakness, but as strength that doesn't contend.