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It is in periods of apparent disaster, during the sufferings of whole generations, that the greatest improvement in human character has been effected. - Sir Archibald Alison Disasters teach us humility. - St. Anselm Meanwhile, fears of universal disaster sank to an all-time low over the world. - Isaac Asimov When the foot of the' mountain is enveloped in mist, the mountain appears to us much loftier than it is; so also when the ground and basis of a disaster is not clear to us. - Berthold Auerbach You should treat all disasters as if they were trivialities but never treat a triviality as if it were a disaster. - Quentin Crisp The cruelest foe is a masked benefactor. The wars which make history so dreary have served the cause of truth and virtue. - Ralph Waldo Emerson The man does better who runs from disaster than he who is caught by it. - Homer ("Smyrns of Chios") Defeat may be victory in disguise. - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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