A Quote by Alan Watts

As muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone, it could be argued that those who sit quietly and do nothing are making one of the best possible contributions to a world in turmoil.

Alan Watts

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Alan Watts
English - Philosopher
January 6, 1915 - November 16, 1973

Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.

Alan Watts

It is useless to try to stir the dirt Out of the muddy water, As it will become murkier. But leave it alone, And if it should be cleared; It will become clear by itself.

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Russ

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Charles Lyell

I speculate that this is the best of all possible worlds, for philosophy is the best of humanity, and this world is the best philosophically.

Kedar Joshi

Plato, the first true pope of philosophy (sorry, Socrates), argued for a World of Forms above the reality-a transcendent plane of perfect essences, pure and lovely, where nothing ever gets muddy (including the essence of mud.)

N.D. Wilson

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Tim Kennedy

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Sid Lovett

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Rush Limbaugh

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Alan Schaaf

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Bill Frist

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