“Life is a mystery to be lived, not a problem to be solved”
Adriana Trigiani (1970) American film director
Source: Big Stone Gap
“We must be willing to fail and to appreciate the truth that often "Life is not a problem to be solved, but a mystery to be lived."”
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“Life is not a problem to be solved, but a mystery to be lived.”
Thomas Merton (1915–1968) Priest and author
Attributed to Merton in a number of sources, the earliest located being Studia mystica, Volumes 5-6 (1982), p. 76 http://books.google.com/books?id=59EYAAAAIAAJ&q=%22problem+to+be+solved%22#search_anchor. This does not attribute a direct quote to Merton, but says "To use another of Merton's favorite distinctions, for Furlong Merton's life is seen principally as a problem to be solved, which it was, in the final analysis, successfully, rather than a mystery to be lived". The next-earliest source located is the 1998 book The Artist's Way at Work: Riding the Dragon by Mark Bryan and Julia Cameron, which attributes the exact quote to Merton on p. 152 http://books.google.com/books?id=CghAQDPahhcC&lpg=PP1&pg=PA152#v=onepage&q&f=false. In reality this seems to be a slightly altered version of the quote "The mystery of life is not a problem to be solved; it is a reality to be experienced" which appeared in the 1928 book The Conquest of Illusion by Jacobus Johannes Leeuw, p. 9 http://books.google.com/books?id=OFdVAAAAMAAJ&q=%22not+a+problem+to+be+solved%22#search_anchor. <br class="br">Misattributed
“We cannot solve life's problems except by solving them.”
M. Scott Peck (1936–2005) American psychiatrist
Source: The Road Less Traveled: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values, and Spiritual Growth
Russell Baker (1925–2019) writer and satirst from the United States
"The Big Problem Binge," The New York Times (1965-03-18)
“Often the hands will solve a mystery that the intellect has struggled with in vain.”
C.G. Jung (1875–1961) Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist who founded analytical psychology
“We must solve problems and avoid resorting to excuses.”
Ebrahim Raisi (1960) Iranian president
Source: 5 August 2021, Speech after oath taking ceremony in Tehran https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/463741/Raisi-officially-takes-oath-of-office-as-Iran-s-president