The Problem is never the problem! It is only a symptom of something much deeper.
You may help a lame dog over a stile but he is still a lame dog on the other side.
In our country, racism is never far below the surface.
The vessel, though her masts be firm,Beneath her copper bears a worm.
For these cultures, getting rid of the pain without addressing the deeper cause would be like shutting off a fire alarm while the fire's still going.
It's tempting, when confronted by political malfeasance, to become so absorbed with its symptom that we give too little attention to treating its cause.
There is a means to every end. A root to any cause. Sometimes the root is more evil than any cause, though it's the cause that is usually most vilified.
You can put an extra coat of paint on a jalopy, but it's still a jalopy.
The Sunni militants that make up ISIS are not the underlying problem in Syria and Iraq, but rather they are a symptom of other deeper problems.
Whenever things sound easy, it turns out there's one part you didn't hear.
As you interact with others, remember this: anytime a person's response is larger than the issue at hand, the response is almost always about something else.
