Tao Te Ching 26: A good traveller

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A good traveller journeys without firm plans

and travels without leaving a a trace.

A good speaker is well rehearsed

and speaks without causing harm.

A good intellect has freed itself of

concepts and remains open to what is.

A well-made door is easy to open

and needs no locks.

A good knot needs no rope

and cannot be undone.

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Thus the Sage is willing to help all people

and rejects no one.

She is there to help all of creation,

and doesn’t abandon even the smallest creature.

This is called embodying the...