(25 quotes found)
“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 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
“To have little is to possess.To have plenty is to be perplexed.”
Lao Tzu
“The want of a thing is perplexing enough, but the possession of it is intolerable”
Sir John Vanbrugh
“Why wait a year? I'm perplexed.”
Scott Batjer
“I am very perplexed by these results. I had expected 50 percent of the 64 retailers that we track would have missed their sales forecasts. But two-third of that universe have beat so far.”
Ken Perkins
“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
“Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done by him: and he was perplexed, because that it was said of some, that John was risen from the dead; / And of some, that Elias had appeared; and of others, that one of the old prophets was risen again.”
Bible
“We are just somewhat perplexed that some 800 days after this incident allegedly occurred and these individuals were detained that this is the first time there's been any reference to a lion.”
Paul Boyce
“It was very disappointing, ... It was also perplexing that we had so much of the domination, possession and territory and could not make them tell.”
John Rees
