Tao Te Ching 27

A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent upon arriving.
A good artist lets his intuition lead him wherever it wants.
A good scientist has freed himself of concepts and keeps his mind open to what is.
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When we realize that life can never be anything other than living in the present moment, then we realize that we have already arrived at the only destination available to us. Thinking we are anywhere other than here and now, or that we’re headed to anywhere other than here and now, is the illusion of a bad traveler.

Science is the pursuit of undiscovered truth. Anyone who believes that s/he already has the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth can never experience the joyful reward that comes from inquiry into the known in search of the undiscovered.

Following our intuition is nothing more than an act of trust. Intuition is to know something without the use of conscious reasoning, without the application of concepts. It is intuition that leads not just the artist but the scientist beyond the accepted conceptual understanding into an openness that produces the discovery of great art and great invention.