"See without looking, hear without listening, breathe without asking." ~W.H. Auden

Without Going Out of my door I can know all things on Earth
Without looking out of my window
I could know the ways of Heaven

The farther one travels
The less one knows
The less one really knows

Without going out of your door
You can know all things on Earth
Without looking out of your window
You could know the ways of Heaven

The farther one travels
The less one knows
The less one really knows

Arrive without travelling
See all without looking
Do all without doing

“I am a writer who came from a sheltered life. A sheltered life can be daring as well. For all serious daring starts from within.” ~Eudora Welty

Written By George Harrison

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This song appears to have been closely based on some verses from the Tao Te Ching:

“Without going out of my door
I can know all things on earth.
Without looking out of my window
I can know the ways of heaven.
For the farther one travels,
The less one knows.

The sage therefore
Arrives without travelling,
Sees all without looking,
Does all without doing.”

-Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching