“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.” ~ Albert Einstein

“Solving a problem for which you know there’s an answer is like climbing a mountain with a guide, along a trail someone else has laid. In mathematics, the truth is somewhere out there in a place no one knows, beyond all the beaten paths. And it’s not always at the top of the mountain. It might be in a crack on the smoothest cliff or somewhere deep in the valley.” ~ Yoko Ogawa

“Take a step back. Draw in a deep breath. Now ask yourself, ‘So what?’Then, after answering, ask yourself again, ‘So what?’ And then a third time—‘So what?’ Chances are you’ll come to realize that the issue at hand is not as dire, detrimental, or important as you first thought.”  ~  Richelle E. Goodrich

“To fundamentally solve a problem, we must understand it’s cause. In that I mean the chain of actions or circumstances that led to the problem – rather than only the immediate cause, which serves only to place blame.”  ~ Charlie Herrick