
“The easiest way to solve a problem is to deny it exists.”
Section 3, Chapter 10, p. 236
The Gods Themselves (1972)
Source: In the Garden of Iden (1997), Chapter 5 (p. 45)
“The easiest way to solve a problem is to deny it exists.”
Section 3, Chapter 10, p. 236
The Gods Themselves (1972)
“The best way to solve any problem is to remove the cause.”
1960s, The Rising Tide of Racial Consciousnes (1960)
MacUser interview (2004)
Context: MacUser: If you could change one thing, what would it be?
Jef Raskin: To not have people assume you can rank every-thing one dimensionally. Or have everybody realise that killing people is not a way to solve problems.
“The intelligence required for the solving of social problems is not a thing of the mere intellect.”
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.