Tao Te Ching · Ch. 20

絕學無憂。唯之與阿,相去幾何?善之與惡,相去若何?人之所畏,不可不畏。荒兮其未央哉!衆人熙熙,如享太牢,如春登臺。我獨泊兮,其未兆;沌沌兮,如嬰兒之未孩;纍纍兮,若無所歸。衆人皆有餘,而我獨若遺。我愚人之心也哉!俗人昭昭,我獨昏昏。俗人察察,我獨悶悶。澹兮其若海;飂兮若無止。衆人皆有以,而我獨頑且鄙。我獨異於人,而貴食母。

Jué xué wú yōu. Wéi zhī yǔ ā, xiāng qù jǐ hé? Shàn zhī yǔ è, xiāng qù ruò hé? Rén zhī suǒ wèi, bù kě bù wèi. Huāng xī qí wèi yāng zāi! Zhòng rén xī xī, rú xiǎng tài láo, rú chūn dēng tái. Wǒ dú pō xī, qí wèi zhào; Dùn dùn xī, rú yīng ér zhī wèi hái; Léi léi xī, ruò wú suǒ guī. Zhòng rén jiē yǒu yú, ér wǒ dú ruò yí. Wǒ yú rén zhī xīn yě zāi! Sú rén zhāo zhāo, wǒ dú hūn hūn. Sú rén chá chá, wǒ dú mèn mèn. Dàn xī qí ruò hǎi; Liáo xī ruò wú zhǐ. Zhòng rén jiē yǒu yǐ, ér wǒ dú wán qiě bǐ. Wǒ dú yì yú rén, ér guì shí mǔ.

Abandon learning and there will be no sorrow. What difference is there between 'yes' and 'yeah'? What difference between good and evil? The multitudes are merry, as if feasting at a great sacrifice, as if mounting a terrace in spring. I alone am inert, showing no sign, like a newborn infant before its first smile — drifting, as if I have nowhere to return. The multitudes all have more than enough; I alone seem to have lost everything. I have the mind of a fool — so blank! Ordinary people are bright; I alone am dull. Ordinary people are sharp; I alone am muddled. I am as calm as the ocean, ceaselessly drifting. Ordinary people all have purpose; I alone am stupid and coarse. I alone am different from others: I prize being nourished by the Mother.

— Tao Te Ching 20

Source: Wang Bi edition (Chinese) + Hanyu Pinyin transliteration