Tao Te Ching -47

True wisdom doesn’t come from going far, doing more, or collecting more information.
It comes from stillness and inner awareness.

When you are centered and aligned, you naturally understand life and act wisely—
without forcing, chasing, or struggling.

You can know the world

without leaving your door.

You can understand the Tao

without looking out the window.

The farther you go,

the less you know.

Thus the Master

knows without going,

understands without seeing,

and accomplishes

without doing.

Translated by Chiyan Wang; edited by Robert Smitheram