Source: Steps to an Ecology of Mind (1972), p. 336
“The mind of man, though perhaps the most splendid achievement of evolution, is not, surely, that answer to every problem of the universe.”
Opera and Humour (1991)
Context: The mind of man, though perhaps the most splendid achievement of evolution, is not, surely, that answer to every problem of the universe. Hamlet suffers, but the Gravediggers go right on with their silly quibbles.
Help us to complete the source, original and additional information
Robertson Davies 282
Canadian journalist, playwright, professor, critic, and nov… 1913–1995Related quotes

In some published transcripts or quotations of this speech a variant of this statement appears immediately before the quote by Churchill below, but was not said during Reagan's televised address on (27 October 1964). Though he did make variations of the speech elsewhere it is unclear exactly when and where he may have said used these precise words:
: They say the world has become too complex for simple answers. They are wrong. There are no easy answers, but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right.
Later variant: For many years now, you and I have been shushed like children and told there are no simple answers to the complex problems which are beyond our comprehension. Well, the truth is, there are simple answers, they just are not easy ones.
:* California Gubernatorial Inauguration Speech (5 January 1967) http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/speeches/govspeech/01051967a.htm
1960s, A Time for Choosing (1964)
“We always may be sure that every man-made thing arises from a problem as a purposeful solution.”
Source: The Shape of Time, 1982, p. 8.

Fifth Thesis
Idea for a Universal History from a Cosmopolitan Point of View (1784)

Source: Books, Coningsby (1844), Endymion (1880), Ch. 52.
"Letter From Washington," http://www.panarchy.org/hess/libertarianism.html The Libertarian Forum 1, no. 6 http://web.archive.org/web/20071201123614/http://mises.org/journals/lf/1969/1969_06_15.pdf (15 June 1969), p. 2

Source: The Best That Money Can't Buy: Beyond Politics, Poverty, & War (2002), p. 18.