BBC Interviewer (Peter France): I think that one overwhelming reason why your work is so popular here in England where very largely we think of ourselves as being a post-Christian society is that um, here's a man who really knows how terrible life is. Are you happy to be looked at in that way? Charles Schulz: Yes. But we must admit that I'm talking only about the minor everyday problems in life. Leo Tolstoy dealt with the major problems of the world. I'm only dealing with, um, why we all have the feeling that people don't like us. This is Charlie Brown's problem.
A cartoonist is a lot like Lucy's psychiatric stand. She said once that she only points out the problems. She doesn't try to solve them. And I think that's what a cartoonist does.
I like to think that I point out some solutions now and then. I suppose one of the solutions is, as Charlie Brown, just to keep on trying. He never gives up. And if anyone should give up, he should.
At some point, everything is going to go south on you. Everything is going to go south, and you're going to say, "This is it. This is how I end." Now you can either accept that or you can get to work. That's all it is. You just begin. You do the math. You solve one problem, then you solve the next one. And then the next. And if you solve enough problems, you get to come home.
...the Lord’s work is not just to solve problems; it is to build people. So as you walk with Him in priesthood service, you may find that sometimes what seems like the most efficient solution is not the Lord’s preferred solution because it does not allow people to grow.
Smart people are often also pushed at the margins. Smart people are those who can make a dent on hard problems… but if the hard problems are pushed at the margin, then who needs them?
So where do you find smart people working on hard problems? I don’t think you find them in managed environment… I think you find them in the cracks
So where do you find smart people working on hard problems? I don’t think you find them in managed environment. I think you find them in the cracks. And I think that it contributes to making the future really hard to predict. The future is often literally being built by friends in a dark garage. It does not get planned by Wall Street or the government.
Top performers seek out the problems that have the greatest strategic importance...
Spiritual growth comes by solving problems together—not by running from them. Today’s inordinate emphasis on individualism brings egotism and separation.
So honor the valiant who died 'neath your sword, But pity the warrior who slays all his foes.
Ignoring problems rarely solves them. You need to deal with them—not just the effects, but the underlying causes, or else they usually get worse.
Words matter. A lot. The words you choose to frame a problem powerfully influence the way you and others feel about it.
The Plan was to create a planet full of problems that demand unity for solution. It is problems that bring us together. When you see two people at lunch, talking intently, leaning forward, waving their hands, they’re sharing a problem. At that moment, they are one in heart and if they stick with it, become one in mind. They become unified.
Each of us has a responsibility to try to avoid problems before they happen and to learn to overcome challenges when they occur.
Never engage a group in solving a problem until they have felt the problem.
It seems like the best problems to solve are ones that affect you personally.
Perhaps there's a rule here: perhaps you create wealth in proportion to how well you understand the problem you're solving, and the problems you understand best are your own.
There is no such thing as a problem without a gift for you in its hands. You seek problems because you need their gifts.
If you really want to remove a cloud from your life, you do not make a big production out of it, you just relax and remove it from your thinking.
One of the worst ways to solve a nasty problem is to just keep hacking at it. Often times, letting your subconscious chew on it overnight will produce a simpler solution.
A popular tenet of the Kaizen method teaches that it is better to have the wrong solution to the right problem, than the right solution to the wrong problem.
I realized that in order to get to the right solution, I had to make sure I started with the right problem. I’ve since discovered that having the right timing for the right solution is also important.
Admitting to a problem is the first step towards finding a solution, especially when any solution will be unpleasant.
Our biggest problem may very well be the belief that we are not supposed to have problems!
Our power is in our problems as they unleash our resourcefulness and cause us to grow in order to respond consciously and compassionately to them.
Difficulty, my brethren, is the nurse of greatness, a harsh nurse, who roughly rocks her foster-children into strength and athletic proportion.
The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them.
Every problem has in it the seeds of its own solution. If you don't have any problems, you don't get any seeds.
Problems worthy of attack prove their worth by fighting back.
Suffering is universal; how we react to suffering is individual. Suffering can...be a strengthening and purifying experience combined with faith, or it can be a destructive force in our lives if we do not have the faith in the Lord’s atoning sacrifice. The purpose of suffering... is to build and strengthen us. We learn... obedience by the things we suffer. We should be humbled and drawn to the Lord.
All problems become smaller if you don't dodge them but confront them.
BBC Interviewer (Peter France): I think that one overwhelming reason why your work is so popular here in England where very largely we think of ourselves as being a post-Christian society is that um, here's a man who really knows how terrible life is. Are you happy to be looked at in that way?
Charles Schulz: Yes. But we must admit that I'm talking only about the minor everyday problems in life. Leo Tolstoy dealt with the major problems of the world. I'm only dealing with, um, why we all have the feeling that people don't like us. This is Charlie Brown's problem. 
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