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Alas, I emerge from one disaster to fall into a worse.

We have a real role in how our own collective lives, our nation, and our world and society turn out. Seizing those opportunities is important, and disasters are sometimes one of those opportunities.

I certainly wouldn't say that my life is a disaster, but there have been moments where I've felt like that.

If you ever face a significant disaster, do your best to keep up the spirits of those around you, act flexibly and creatively to help, try to sort rumors from truth, and remember that the decisions you make will have repercussions after the disaster has passed.

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.

When you have that window of opportunity called a crisis, move as quickly as you can, get as much done as you can. There's a momentum for change that's very compelling.

There's nothing like a jolly good disaster to get people to start doing something.

Sometimes it takes a natural disaster to reveal a social disaster.

Disasters are usually a good time to re-examine what we've done so far, what mistakes we've made, and what improvements should come next.