Crises and deadlocks when they occur have at least this advantage, that they force us to think.

Crises and deadlocks when they occur have at least this advantage, that they force us to think.

Every crisis offers you extra desired power

Every crisis offers you extra desired power

Blaming speculators as a response to financial crisis goes back at least to the Greeks. It's almost always the wrong read more

Blaming speculators as a response to financial crisis goes back at least to the Greeks. It's almost always the wrong response.

Crises refine life. In them you discover what you are.

Crises refine life. In them you discover what you are.

The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; read more

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

We are in such a slump that even the ones that are drinking aren't hitting.

We are in such a slump that even the ones that are drinking aren't hitting.

In a crisis, don't hide behind anything or anybody. They're going to find you anyway.

In a crisis, don't hide behind anything or anybody. They're going to find you anyway.

Man is not imprisoned by habit. Great changes in him can be wrought by crisis--once that crisis can be recognized read more

Man is not imprisoned by habit. Great changes in him can be wrought by crisis--once that crisis can be recognized and understood.

When you have a crisis, the crisis itself becomes one of your biggest asset if that crisis is bad enough. read more

When you have a crisis, the crisis itself becomes one of your biggest asset if that crisis is bad enough. Everyone get very modest and humble and listens. If you need do rough things, you do rough things.