Muddy water, let stand, becomes clear. Auteur: Lao Tzu Copy Quote More from Lao Tzu “Passing on, it becomes remote. Having become remote, it returns.” “It is because he is thus free from striving that therefore no one in the world …” “Three men in ten conserve life; three men in ten pursue death. Three men also i…” “The further one goes, the less one knows.”