The softest thing in the world rides over the hardest. What has no substance enters where there is no crack — and that is the plainest use of action and of speech.
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天下之至柔，驰骋天下之至坚。
1The softest thing in the world dashes against and overcomes the hardest; that which has no (substantial) existence enters where there is no crevice.
无有入无间，吾是以知无为之有益。
2I know hereby what advantage belongs to doing nothing (with a purpose).
不言之教，无为之益，天下希及之。
3There are few in the world who attain to the teaching without words, and the advantage arising from non-action.