I believe that in the 20th century, humanity has learned from many, many experiences. Some positive, and many negative. What misery, what destruction! The greatest number of human beings were killed in the two world wars of this century. But human nature is such that when we face a tremendous critical situation, the human mind can wake up and find some other alternative. That is a human capacity.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Humanity learns from both good and bad experiences. In crises, humans can find new solutions.
- In plain terms
- We learn from mistakes and find new ways in hard times.
- What can you take from it?
- Crisis can wake the human mind to find alternatives.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What crisis awakened you?
- What did you learn from failure?
Another view
Not all human responses to crisis are positive.
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