#rises

Believe me, as one who has seen a number of international crises firsthand, they cannot be handled without an understanding of history. ↗

— Pierre Salinger

#cannot #crises #firsthand #handled #history

Life is a succession of crises and moments when we have to rediscover who we are and what we really want. ↗

— Jean Vanier

#life #life is a #moments #really #rediscover

I can't stand it to think my life is going so fast and I'm not really living it. ↗

— Ernest Hemingway

#life

Ninety-nine per cent of traditional English literature concerns people who never have to worry about money at all. We always seem to be watching or reading about emotional crises among folk who live in a world of great fortune both in matters of luck and money; stories and fantasies about rock stars and film stars, sporting millionaires and models; jet-setting members of the aristocracy and international financiers. ↗

— James Kelman

#crises #emotional #english-literature #fortune #money

Money is a public good; as such, it lends itself to private exploitation. ↗

— Charles P. Kindleberger

#finance #financial-crises #money

In the lack of judgment great harm arises, but one vote cast can set right a house. ↗

— Aeschylus

#cast #great #harm #house #judgment

Speaking as a builder, if you start something, you must have a vision of the thing which arises from your instinct about preserving and enhancing what is there. ↗

— Christopher Alexander

#arises #builder #enhancing #instinct #must

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 worthwhile to live. ↗

— Aristotle

#certain #conditions #crises #danger #does

Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced, and the inconvenience is often considerable. ↗

— Jane Austen

#enhanced #foolish #inconvenience #often #pleasure

Life is tragic simply because the earth turns and the sun inexorably rises and sets, and one day, for each of us, the sun will go down for the last, last time. ↗

— James A. Baldwin

#day #down #each #earth #go