Richard Bach (1936) American spiritual writer
Illusions : The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah (1977)
Source: Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah
Richard Bach (1936) American spiritual writer
Illusions : The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah (1977)
Source: Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah
“I think the major problem in growing up is to become sophisticated without becoming cynical.”
Robert A. Heinlein book I Will Fear No Evil
Source: I Will Fear No Evil (1970), Chapter 27, p. 473
“It is only because of problems that we grow mentally and spiritually.”
M. Scott Peck (1936–2005) American psychiatrist
“Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.”
Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and stage designer
Quote attributed to Picasso in TIME, October 4, 1976, Modern Living: Ozmosis in Central Park http://quoteinvestigator.com/2015/03/07/child-art/ http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,918412,00.html <br class="br">Disputed <br class="br">Variant: All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.
“You seek problems because you need their gifts.”
Richard Bach (1936) American spiritual writer
Source: Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah
Russell L. Ackoff (1919–2009) Scientist
Source: 1970s, Redesigning the future, 1974, p. 21 as cited in: Frederick M. Zimmerman (2011) From Riches to Rags at a Time of Prosperity, p. 12.
“Every artist's problem today is: What will we do with the human?”
Mark Tobey (1890–1976) American abstract expressionist painter
Quote from exhibition catalogue, Mark Tobey, 1951, as cited in Abstract Expressionist Painting in America, W.C, Seitz, Cambridge Massachusetts, 1983, p.13
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“For at the bottom of every social problem we will find a social wrong.”
Henry George (1839–1897) American economist
Source: Social Problems (1883), Ch. 1 : The Increasing Importance of Social Questions
Context: The intelligence required for the solving of social problems is not a thing of the mere intellect. It must be animated with the religious sentiment and warm with sympathy for human suffering. It must stretch out beyond self-interest, whether it be the self-interest of the few or of the many. It must seek justice. For at the bottom of every social problem we will find a social wrong.