A creed

"Nothing in the world is more elastic and yielding than water; yet it is preeminent to dissolve things rigid and resistant; there is nothing which can match it. All men know that the soft overcometh the hard, and the weak conquereth the strong; but none are able to use this law in action. A Wise Man hath said: -He that taketh on the burden of the state is a demigod worthy of sacrificial worship; and the true King of a people is he that undertaketh the weight of their sorrows.- Truth appeareth paradox."