The rigid cause themselves to be broken; the pliable cause themselves to be bound.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
There are two kinds of weakness, that which breaks and that which bends.
Imperfection clings to a person, and if they wait till they are brushed off entirely, they would spin for ever on their axis, advancing nowhere.
If one sticks too rigidly to one's principles, one would hardly see anybody.
The breaking wave and the muscle as it contracts obey the same law. Delicate line gathers the body's total strength in a bold balance. Shall my soul meet so severe a curve, journeying on its way to form?
The fibers of all things have their tension and are strained like the strings of an instrument.
If it bends, it's funny; if it breaks, it's not funny.
Say you can't put one foot in front of the other, you punch like a child, and you're not flexible at all. We'll show you some aikido, some ground jujitsu, some gun stuff, some knife moves. We can make a pretty good-size dent with that.
Perpetual pushing and assurance put a difficulty out of countenance and make a seeming difficulty gives way.
If we pursue this matter further, we shall be told that the stable object is unchanging under the impact or stress of some particular external or internal variable or, perhaps, that it resists the passage of time.
Only strength can cooperate. Weakness can only beg.