Ursula K. Le Guin
True goodness is like water. Water’s good for everything. It doesn’t compete.
It goes right to the low loathsome places, and so finds the way.
For a house, the good thing is level ground. In thinking, depth is good. The good of giving is magnanimity; of speaking, honesty; of government, order. The good of work is skill, and of action, timing.
No competition, so no blame.
Note UKLG: A clear stream of water runs through this book, from poem to poem, wearing down the indestructible, finding the way around everything that obstructs the way. Good drinking water.