
“If you are not a part of the solution, you are a part of the problem.”
Source: 1990s, Ayodhya and After: Issues Before Hindu Society (1991)
“If you are not a part of the solution, you are a part of the problem.”
Context: What students know is no longer the most important measure of an education. The true test is the ability of students and graduates to engage with what they do not know, and to work out a solution. They must also be able to reach conclusions that constitute the basis for informed judgements. The ability to make judgements that are grounded in solid information, and employ careful analysis, should be one of the most important goals for any educational endeavor. As students develop this capability, they can begin to grapple with the most important and difficult step: to learn to place such judgements in an ethical framework. For all these reasons, there is no better investment that individuals, parents and the nation can make than an investment in education of the highest possible quality. Such investments are reflected, and endure, in the formation of the kind of social conscience that our world so desperately needs.
Foreword to Excellence in Education (2003) http://www.agakhanacademies.org/general/vision<!-- Aga Khan Academy, Mombasa brochure p. 3 http://www.akdn.org/publications/case_study_academies_mombasa.pdf, also quoted at The Aga Khan Academies http://www.agakhanacademies.org/mombasa/student-projects -->
“Whatever creativity is, it is in part a solution to a problem.”
"Apéritif" in Bury My Heart at W.H. Smith's (1990)
“There really is a need for you to rise and be part of the solution, be part of the answer.”
“Will a job be the best solution to this fear over the long run?’ In my opinion, the answer is ‘no.”
Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money-That the Poor and the Middle Class Do Not!
“Design may be a solution to some industrial problems.”
In answer of the question: Is Design a craft for industrial purposes?
Design Q & A with Charles Eames, 1972
“Originally, ethics has no existence apart from religion, which holds it in solution.”
Source: The Principles of Ethics (1897), Part II: The Inductions of Ethics, Ch. 1, The Confusion of Ethical Thought
“The only true world solution today is governments guided by true religion — of the spirit.”
The Autobiography of Malcolm X (1965)
Source: Analysis Patterns: Reusable Object Models, 1997, p. 6