Top 1200 Problem Of Evil Quotes & Sayings - Page 17

A problem clearly stated is a problem half solved.

... it can often be profitable to try a technique on a problem even if you know in advance that it cannot possibly solve the problem completely.

It [the Civil War] was a heroic struggle; and, as is inevitable with all such struggles, it had also a dark and terrible side. Very much was done of good, and much also of evil; and, as was inevitable in such a period of revolution, often the same man did both good and evil. For our great good fortune as a nation, we, the people of the United States as a whole, can now afford to forget the evil, or, at least, to remember it without bitterness, and to fix our eyes with pride only on the good that was accomplished.

A problem well stated is a problem half-solved.

The opportunity is in the problem. The moment I see a problem, I immediately begin to think about the opportunities that can be created by trying to solve it.

If a man were to place himself in an attitude to bear manfully the greatest evil that can be inflicted on him, he would find suddenly that there was no such evil to bear; his brave back would go a-begging.

We do not have a money problem in America. We have a values and priorities problem.

He who willingly accepts chastening by affliction is not dominated by evil thoughts against his will; whereas he who does not accept affliction is taken prisoner by evil thoughts, even though he resists them.

If you’ve got a problem make it a procedure and it won’t be a problem anymore.

Design is a solution to a problem. Art is a question to a problem.

I believe that thinking about the problem … is your problem.

There's an idea that the human body is somehow evil and bad and there are parts of it that are especially evil and bad, and we should be ashamed. Fear, guilt and shame are built into the attitude toward sex and the body. It's reflected in these prohibitions and these taboos that we have.

To the deficit commission, a depression is the solution to the problem, not a problem.

Evil-doers who denounce the wise resemble a person who spits against the sky; the spittle will never reach the sky, but comes down on himself. Evil-doers again resemble a man who stirs the dust against the wind; the dust is never raised without doing him injury. Thus, the wise will never be hurt, but the curse is sure to destroy the evil-doers themselves.

You cannot solve a problem unless you diagnose the problem.

I think that the task of philosophy is not to provide answers, but to show how the way we perceive a problem can be itself part of a problem.

You can never solve a problem on the same level as the problem.

It's important to note that aggression isn't the problem. It's the outcome of a problem.

Evil isn’t the real threat to the world. Stupid is just as destructive as Evil, maybe more so, and it’s a hell of a lot more common. What we really need is a crusade against Stupid. That might actually make a difference.

If you're going to solve a weight-loss problem - or smoking problem for that matter - you must address both the psychological and physiological.

The economy is not the problem, how people respond is the problem!

I told you once that I was searching for the nature of evil. I think I've come close to defining it: a lack of empathy. It's the one characteristic that connects all the defendants. A genuine incapacity to feel with their fellow man. Evil, I think, is the absence of empathy.

Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength. it does not enable us to escape evil. It makes us unfit to face evil when it comes. it is the interest you pay on trouble before it comes.

My success and my misfortunes, the bright and the dark days I have gone through, everything has proved to me that in this world, either physical or moral, good comes out of evil just as well as evil comes out of good.

If there is an evil in this world, it is sorrow and heaviness of heart. The loss of goods, of health, of coronets and mitres, is only evil as they occasion sorrow; take that out, the rest is fancy, and dwelleth only in the head of man.

The ultimate test ... to see the good in evil and the evil in good.

Every problem was once a solution to a previous problem.

The FEAR of becoming dehydrated causes dehydration. As with so many things in our life, it is because we KNOW it is a problem that it is a problem.

A troop surge in Baghdad would put more American troops at risk to address a problem that is not a military problem.

It is well worth the efforts of a lifetime to have attained knowledge which justifies an attack on the root of all evil ... which asserts that because forms of evil have always existed in society, therefore they must always exist.

We shall have to evolve problem-solvers galore since each problem they solve creates ten problems more.

To a poet the mere making of a poem can seem to solve the problem of truth…but only a problem of art is solved in poetry.

I'm not a writer with a drinking problem, I'm a drinker with a writing problem.

It's true that America can't solve every problem, but I don't know of any major problem in the world that can be solved without us.

I love it when actors come to you with a problem and you have to listen. You'd like them to just get on with it, but it often means that there's a problem with the script.

Love overlooks a person’s faults. That’s not always easy, but love believes the best in every person. Anybody can return evil for evil, but God wants His people to help heal wounded hearts.

Surround yourself with problem solvers, not problem creators.

We are at once the problem and the only possible solution to the problem.

The first step to dealing with a problem is admitting that you have a problem.

The problem of aging is the problem of living. There is no simple solution.

I'm tired of the 'can't win against evil' way. I'm sorry, you cannot. They'll run you over. So that is my one big passion. 'Ten Stupid Things People Do to Let Evil Win' - that will be my next passion book. I am angry.

I never play a villain that I don't have something I can either do or say so the audience sees there is something redeemable about them. In other words, I don't want to do evil for evil's sake. I don't want to do Jason slasher movies. There's no point in that.

The great and important duty which is incumbent on Christians, is to guard against all appearance of evil; to watch against the first risings in the heart to evil; and to have a guard upon our actions, that they may not be sinful, or so much as seem to be so.

I've heard it said that umpires are necessary evil. Well, we are necessary, but we are not evil. We are hard-working and dedicated people whose primary interest is to make sure the game is played fairly. We are the integrity of the game.

War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good. We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other's children.

To me, the horror genre is the genre of non-denial. It's about admitting that there is evil in the world and recognizing that there is evil within us and that we're not in control and that the things that we are afraid of must be confronted in order for us to relinquish that fear.

No precautions, and no precautionary principle, can avoid problems that we do not yet foresee. We need a stance of problem-fixing, not just problem-avoidance.

There is never a problem child; there is only a problem parent

The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line.

To a poet the mere making of a poem can seem to solve the problem of truth, but only a problem of art is solved in poetry.

... if young women have a problem, it's only that they think there's no problem.

I have no problem with violence, I have no problem playing horrible people.

Hip-hop is not the problem, our reality is the problem.

Obviously, it's a big problem how do we provide quality care to the maximum number of people. And it's not an easy problem to solve.

Embrace who you are, and if people don't understand you, that's their own problem, that's their own insecurities. They're really the one with the problem - the people who are judging you and saying negative things to you, they are really the people with the problem, not you at all.

Blogs are evil. Actually, the blogs aren't as evil as blog comments.

It is once again the vexing problem of identity within variety; without a solution to this disturbing problem there can be no system, no classification.

We tolerate, even promote, many things we once regarded as evil, wrong, or immoral. And then we seek "explanations" for an act that seems beyond comprehension. Remove societal restraints on some evils and one can expect the demons to be freed to conduct other evil acts.

A self-help book can't really address a problem unless it's individualized. It's not going to talk about a globalized problem.

The solution to the problem of life is seen in the vanishing of this problem.