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Crises are part of life. Everybody has to face them, and it doesn't make any difference what the crisis is.

A long-term crisis, after a certain point, no longer seems like a crisis. It seems like the way things are.

When everything is going well, the role of the state in the economy should be limited. When we are in a crisis, it's different.

What one decides to do in crisis depends on one's philosophy of life, and that philosophy cannot be changed by an incident. If one hasn't any philosophy in crises, others make the decision.

Historical experience shows that a crisis causes either a recovery or catastrophic consequences.

Close scrutiny will show that most 'crisis situations' are opportunities to either advance, or stay where you are.

In all of the movies and films you see, people are always in crisis because that's what we watch. We watch them deal with crisis and resolve it.

Successful people recognize crisis as a time for change - from lesser to greater, smaller to bigger.

A financial crisis is a great time for professional investors and a horrible time for average ones.

The biggest potential and actual crises of the 21st century all have a strong, long, slow aspect with a significant lag between cause and effect. We have to train ourselves to be thinking in terms of longer-term results.