No Locks, No Knots

ever forward, but slowly.

Last update: 2024-02-23

I just cannot get these words out of my mind, from Tzu & Needleman (1989):

A good door needs no lock
Yet no one can open it.
Good binding requires no knots
Yet no one can loosen it.

Reference

Tzu, L., & Needleman, J. (1989). Tao Te Ching: Text Only Edition (G.-F. Feng, J. English, & T. Lippe, Trans.; Reprint edition). Vintage.