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

“Muddy water, let stand, becomes clear.”

“Do you have the patience to wait Till your mud settles and the water is clear?Can you remain unmovingTill the right action arises by itself?”

“Do you have the patience to wait until your mud settles and the water is clear?”

“Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it”

“There is nothing in the world more soft and weak than water, and yet for attacking things that are firm and strong there is nothing that can take precedence of it;—for there is nothing (so effectual) for which it can be changed.”

“A man who knows how little he knows is well, a man who knows how much he knows is sick. If, when you see the symptoms, you can tell, Your cure is quick.A sound man knows that sickness makes him sick and before he catches it his cure is quick.”