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A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving.

"A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving."
— Lao Tzu
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Meaning of this quote

Travel becomes a practice of attention rather than simply reaching a destination. The modern version encourages openness to what happens along the way.

Key takeaway: Leave room for discovery within a plan.

Origin of the quote

Tao Te Ching, Chapter 27, Stephen Mitchell’s 1988 interpretive version.

Who actually said this?

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This wording belongs to Mitchell’s free adaptation. Other translations discuss a traveller leaving no trace; the post changes upon to on.

Attributed author: Stephen Mitchell, freely interpreting Laozi

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