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A good traveler has no fixed plans
and is not intent upon arriving.
A good artist lets his intuition
lead him wherever it wants.
A good scientist has freed himself of concepts
and keeps his mind open to what is.
--
Ch. 27, as interpreted by Stephen Mitchell (1992)
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A good traveller has no fixed plan and is not intent on arriving.
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As quoted in In Search of King Solomon's Mines? (2003) by Tahir Shah, p. 217

 

Laozi (or Lao Tzu)

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