“It is very easy to love alone.”
“It's very easy to accept and love those who are like us, but to love someone different is very hard”
“Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop.”
“The great Tao (or way) is very level and easy; but people love the by-ways.”
“It is easy to hate and it is difficult to love. This is how the whole scheme of things works. All good things are difficult to achieve; and bad things are very easy to get.”
“It is not always easy, for a woman alone.”