A wise man does not expose
himself needlessly to danger,
since there are few things for
which he cares sifficiently;
but he is willing in great
crises,to give even his life
--knowing that under certain
conditions it is not worthwhile
to live. Aristotle

Man is not imprisoned by habit.
Great changes in him can be
wrought by crisis--once that
crisis can be recognized and
understood.
Norman Cousins {American Editor,Humanitarian}

When is crisis reached?
When questions arise
that can't be answered.
Ryszard Kapuscinski {Polish Report and Foreign Correspondent}

Crises and deadlocks when
they occur have at least
this advantage,that they
force us to think
Jawaharlal Nehru {Indian Nationalist,Statesman}

We all live in a house on fire,
no fire department to call;
no way out,just the upstairs
window to look out of while
the fire burnes the house down
with us trapped,locked in it.
Tennessee Williams {American Dramatist}

The easiest period in a crisis
situation is actually the battle
itself.The most difficult is the
period of indecision--whether to
fight or run away.And the most
dangerous period is the aftermath.
It is then,with all his resources
spent and his guard down,that an
individual must watch out for dulled
reactions and faulty judgment.
Richard M. Nixon {Thirty-seventh President of the USA}

I sent my soul through the Invisible,Some letter of that After-life to spell.And by and by my soul returned to me,And answered "I myself am Heav'n and Hell." Omar Khayyam

"These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as Freedom should not be highly rated."
~Thomas Paine, in The American Crisis (No. 1, Dec 23, 1776)

"I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflections."
~Thomas Paine

"Most people live, whether physically, intellectually or morally, in a very restricted circle of their potential being. They make use of a very small portion of their possible consciousness, and of their soul's resources in general, much like a man who, out of his whole bodily organism, should get into a habit of using and moving only his little finger. Great emergencies and crises show us how much greater our vital resources are than we had supposed."
~William James (1842-1910), in a letter to W. Lutoslawski (May 6, 1906)

To be mature means to face, and not evade, every fresh crisis that comes.
-- Fritz Kunkel

The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word 'crisis.' One brush stroke stands for danger; the other for opportunity. In a crisis, be aware of the danger - but recognize the opportunity.
-- Richard M. Nixon (1913 - 1994)

A leader or a man of action in a crisis almost always acts subconsciously and then thinks of the reasons for his action.
-- Jawaharlal Nehru (1889 - 1964)

Seeds of faith are always within us; sometimes it takes a crisis to nourish and encourage their growth.
-- Susan Taylor

Close scrutiny will show that most "crisis situations" are opportunities to either advance, or stay where you are.
-- Dr. Maxwell Maltz

Why can't peace be a single overriding common purpose: why do we wait for a crisis to pull us together? Let's pull together for peace.
-- Rita Mae Brown, from Bingo

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much love, light and laughter,
ananya.



*~ Scatter Joy ~* - Emerson

Crises refine life. In them you discover what you are.
~ Allan K. Chalmers ~

At every crisis the Kaiser crumpled. In defeat he fled; in revolution he abdicated; in exile he remarried.
~Sir Winston Churchill~

Gentlemen, in the little moment that remains to us between the crisis and the catastrophe, we may as well drink a glass of Champagne.
~Paul Claudel. French writer (1868-1955)~

Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back on himself. He imposes his own stamp of action, takes responsibility for it, makes it his own.
~Charles De Gaulle~

Conflict builds character. Crisis defines it.
~Steven V. Thulon~

The crisis of today is the joke of tomorrow.
~H. G. Wells~

At every crisis in one's life, it is absolute salvation to have some sympathetic friend to whom you can think aloud without restraint or misgiving.
~Woodrow Wilson~

"Do all things with love." Og Mandino