Tao Te Ching and the Yin

When reading the Tae Te Ching, I was making notes throughout my book about my thoughts at the end of each page. I found page 43 because it had reminded me of the quote from Theodore Roosevelt, “speak quietly and carry a big stick”. The opening phrase on this page is what mainly reminded me about this quote saying, “the softest thing in the world / Rides roughshod over the strongest”. There seems to be a common theme where quiet or soft things have a strong effect. This is seen on pages 63, 68, and 78. This theory is similar to the philosophy of the yin and the yang if the yin is soft and the yang is hard. These passages have a common theme of staying in the yin portion of life.