There is nothing in the world more soft and weak than water, and yet for attacking things that are firm and strong there is nothing that can take precedence of it—for there is nothing (so effectual) for which it can be changed. Every one in the world knows that the soft overcomes the hard, and the weak the strong, but no one is able to carry it out in practice.
AI Wïc
Kwan bɛ̈n nhaan du tɛ̈ nhii a cök ɛ̈kɛ ɛ̈kɛ. Ɛ̈kɛ kɛ kwan kɛɛ̈ cɔɔi kwan nhaan, kɛ̈ ka thɛ̈l wä̈ bɛ̈n wä̈ lɔk kwan ɛ̈kɛ nhaan. Kwan thɛ̈l wä̈ lɔk kwan kɛɛ̈ wä̈; kwan kɛɛ̈ wä̈ lɔk kwan thɛ̈l wä̈. Kwan bɛ̈n nhaan du nyook kwan nhaan nɛ̈, kɛ̈ ka bɛ̈n wä̈ nhaan du kwan. Ka nhii a cök kwan nyuoth wä̈ nhaan nɛ̈: Nhii a wä̈ nhii mïth cök kwan cɔɔi nɛ̈ lɔk nhii mïth kwan cɔɔi nɛ̈. Nhii a wä̈ nhii mïth nyook cök kwan cɔɔi nɛ̈ lɔk nhii mïth nyook kwan cɔɔi nɛ̈. Nhii a wä̈ nhii mïth nyook nhaan wä̈ nɛ̈ lɔk nhii mïth nyook wä̈. Kwan cök wä̈ bɛ̈n du tɛ̈ kwan wä̈ nhaan.
