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Calamity is the perfect glass wherein we truly see and know ourselves.

A great source of calamity lies in regret and anticipation; therefore a person is wise who thinks of the present alone, regardless of the past or future.

The difference between a misfortune and a calamity is this: If Gladstone fell into the Thames, it would be a misfortune. But if someone dragged him out again, that would be a calamity.

Calamity is the test of integrity.

He who foresees calamities, suffers them twice over.

To me, self-description is a calamity.

It isn't a calamity to die with dreams unfulfilled, but it is a calamity not to dream.

When any calamity has been suffered the first thing to be remembered is, how much has been escaped.

We live in a world of constant juxtaposition between joy that's possible and pain that's all too common. We hope for love and success and abundance, but we never quite forget that there is always lurking the possibility of disaster.

The happiness of most people is not ruined by great catastrophes or fatal errors, but by the repetition of slowly destructive little things.