The best articulation of this view is actually, for me, it's not from a theologian or from a philosopher, but from Humphrey Bogart at the end of "" Casablanca. "" So, spoiler alert, he's telling his lover that they have to separate for the more general good, and he says to her, and I won't do the accent, but he says to her, "" It doesn't take much to see that the problems of three little people don't amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world. "" Our reason could cause us to override our passions.