Pain and happiness are simply conditions of the ego. Forget the ego.
The Way is ever nameless.
Good men are bad men's instructors, And bad men are good men's materials.
A tree that cannot bend will crack in the wind. Thus by nature's own decree, the soft and gentle are triumphant.
The more sharp weapons people have in a country, the bigger the disorder will be.
If Heaven and Earth are unable to persist, how could man?