“The most perplexing form of evil, and especially so for all idealists, is that kind of evil which comes out of our efforts to do good. Perhaps when we try to do good without love, we create evil.”
William Irwin Thompson
“I am kind of perplexed by their argument, ... You have a federally mandated program, created with federal dollars, but the states are issuing it. The states are not deciding anything, so I am not really sure how it is not a federal ID when the federal government makes all the decisions.”
Chris Hoofnagle
“It's kind of been perplexing not to be able to get Matt the at-bats.”
Mike Hargrove
“The way of the superior person is threefold; virtuous, they are free from anxieties; wise they are free from perplexities; and bold they are free from fear.”
Confucius
“The want of a thing is perplexing enough, but the possession of it is intolerable”
Sir John Vanbrugh
“To have little is to possess.To have plenty is to be perplexed.”
Lao Tzu
“The debates of that great assembly are frequently vague and perplexed, seeming to be dragged rather than to march, to the intended goal. Something of this sort must, I think, always happen in public democratic assemblies.”
Alexis de Tocqueville