In plain words
Trees and rivers never rush, and everything still gets done.
Where these words come from
- 38% sureLots of sources credit Lao Tzu with this, and they agree with each other. The book or the speech it first came from hasn't turned up yet.
- widely attributed, no primary source found in the Tao Te Ching
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Seneca
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