May we live like the lotus, at home in muddy water.

“May we exist like a lotus, / At home in the muddy water. / Thus we bow to life as it is.”

— Zen

“Times like this are like muddy water, Rea, you just got to keep moving through it until you get to the other side.”

— Jodi Thomas

As muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone, it could be argued that those who sit quietly and do nothing are making…

— Alan Watts

“The only thing that ever leaves this place is that muddy water in the Rappahannock.”

— Randolph Randy Camp

“Who can (make) the muddy water (clear)?”

— Lao Tzu

Muddy water, let stand, becomes clear.

— Anonymous

The people's awe and innate fear will hold injustice back by day, by night, so long as the people leave the laws intact, just…

— Aeschylus

“‎"Today's dirty hands are tomorrow's muddy water”

— Danielle Hylton-Outland

Muddy water will become clear if allowed to stand undisturbed, and so too will the mind become clear if it is allowed to be…

— Ming-Dao Deng

They muddy the water, to make it seem deep.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“Who can (make) the muddy water (clear)? Let it be still, and it will gradually become clear.”

— Confucius

The hunter for aphorisms on human nature has to fish in muddy water, and he is even condemned to find much of his own…

— F. H. Bradley

Let muddy water stand and it will become clear.

— Laozi

Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.

— Alan Watts

The muddy water only last so long till the drought comes in, then your left with mud.

— Crystal Reese