Lao Tzu Tao Teachings - Verse 27

A skilful traveller leaves no track.
A skilful speaker makes no slip.
A skilful reckoner needs no counting rod.

A skilfully made door requires no bolts, yet it cannot be opened.
A skilful binding has no cords or knots, yet it cannot be untied.

Therefore, the True Person
is skilful in assisting people,
and abandons nobody;
Is skilful in assisting things,
and abandons nothing.

This is called “Following the Inner Light.”
Therefore, the skilful person is the teacher
of the person without skill.
The person without skill is the material
for the skilful person.

If you do not respect the teacher,
if you do not care for the material,
you are on the road to confusion
and your cleverness will not save you.
This is an essential principle.

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