“As the week wore on, Ivan contemplated the merits of inertia as a problem-solving technique with growing favor”

“If you can't solve a problem, then there is an easier problem you can solve: find it.”

“Cities are never random. No matter how chaotic they might seem, everything about them grows out of a need to solve a problem. In fact, a city is nothing more than a solution to a problem, that in turn creates more problems that need more solutions, until towers rise, roads widen, bridges are built, and millions of people are caught up in a mad race to feed the problem-solving, problem-creating frenzy.”

“You are not broken. You are not a problem to be solved. Solving your “problem”, whatever you perceive your problem or problems to be, is not the key to happiness.”

“Each problem that I solved became a rule which served afterwards to solve other problems”

“If the problem can be solved why worry? If the problem cannot be solved worrying will do you no good.”