“You must empty out the dirty water before you fill the pitcher with clean.”

— Idries Shah

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writer and Sufi teacher 1924–1996

P. C. Cast book Untamed

Source: Untamed

“One does not throw out dirty water as long as one doesn't have any clean water.”

Konrad Adenauer (1876–1967) German statesman, Federal Chancellor of Germany, politician (CDU)

Statement about Hans Globke, as quoted in "In eigener Sache" at n-tv (8 June 2006) http://www.n-tv.de/politik/BND-ueberprueft-Eichmann-Infos-article184945.html

“Don't condemn if you see a person has a dirty glass of water, [….. ] just show them the clean glass of water that you have. When they inspect it, you won't have to say that yours is better.”

Elijah Muhammad (1897–1975) American religious leader

“Don't condemn if you see a person has a dirty glass of water, just show them the clean glass of water that you have. When they inspect it, you won't have to say that yours is better."
-said by Elijah Muhammad to Malcolm X”

Malcolm X book The Autobiography of Malcolm X

Source: The Autobiography of Malcolm X

“Preparation is very important. The pitcher is going to do his job and prepare for you so you as a hitter must do the same. I always watch videotape of pitchers before the game and even sometimes during.”

Albert Pujols (1980) Dominican-American baseball player

When asked about the importance of preparation. http://sports.ign.com/articles/709/709384p1.html

“Brian has compared presenting The World at One to high diving into an empty pool, and hoping it will be filled before you reach the bottom.”

Brian Hanrahan (1949–2010) British journalist and television presenter

BBC Radio 4 website 20 December 2010 http://web.archive.org/web/20100327045801/http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/people/presenters/brian-hanrahan/

“Like silence after noise, or cool, clear water on a hot, stuffy day, Emptiness cleans out the messy mind and charges up the batteries of spiritual energy. Many people are afraid of Emptiness, however, because it reminds them of Loneliness.”

Benjamin Hoff book The Tao of Pooh

Source: The Tao of Pooh

“Rahula, develop meditation that is like water. … Just as people wash clean things and dirty things, excrement, urine, spittle, pus, and blood in water, and the water is not horrified, humiliated, and disgusted because of that, so too, Rahula, develop meditation that is like water.”

Gautama Buddha (-563–-483 BC) philosopher, reformer and the founder of Buddhism

Sutta 62, verse 14, p. 530
Pali Canon, Sutta Pitaka, Majjhima Nikaya (Middle Length Discourses)

“You will be hollow. We shall squeeze you empty, and then we shall fill you with ourselves.”

George Orwell book 1984

Source: 1984

“… it's pretty obvious if you look at the world, if you take the water out of the ocean, you'll find out there is dirt underneath. You know, these continents are not floating around like lily pads in a bathtub. They are connected. It's just the low places happen to be filled with water. That's all.”

Kent Hovind (1953) American young Earth creationist

Coast-to-Coast AM interview (August 2-3, 2000)

“You must empty out the dirty water before you fill the pitcher with clean.”

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