“Life is not a problem to be solved but a work to be made, and that work may well utilize much raw material we would prefer to do without.”
“Problem solving, and I don't mean algebra, seems to be my life's work. Maybe it's everyone's life's work.”
“How grudging memory is, and how bitterly she clutches the raw material of her daily work.”
“Look at nature, work independently, and solve your own problems.”
“...the more we do for a child the less he will do for himself. If we give him watered-down material, many explanations, much questioning, if we over-moralize, depend on the work book to work the mind, what thinking is left for the child to do?”
“Too many people go through life complaining about their problems. I've always believed that if you took one tenth the enrgy you put into complaining and applied it to solving the problem, you'd be surprised by how well things can work out.”