It is one of man's curious idiosyncrasies to create difficulties for the pleasure of resolving them.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I cannot explain it; but when difficulties arise, I am not perplexed or doubtful. I know how to meet them.
Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.
The tantalizing discomfort of perplexity is what inspires otherwise ordinary men and women to extraordinary feats of ingenuity and creativity; nothing quite focuses the mind like dissonant details awaiting harmonious resolution.
I sometimes suspect that half our difficulties are imaginary and that if we kept quiet about them they would disappear.
It is a queer thing, but imaginary troubles are harder to bear than actual ones.
Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man's desire to understand.
If we're given a number of circumstances to deal with, the brain goes into this mode of trying to find a solution, and it's amazing how good we are at it.
Man needs his difficulties because they are necessary to enjoy success.
A struggle, to the person experiencing it, is a struggle.
Difficulties are just things to overcome, after all.
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