上善若水

shàng shàn ruò shuǐ

the ideal is to be like water (which benefits all living things and does not struggle against them) (quotation from the "Book of Dao" 道德經|道德经[Dao4 de2 jing1])

shàng

(bound form) up; upper; above; previous

shàn

good (virtuous)

ruò

to seem

shuǐ

water