The main trouble with despair is that it is self-fulfilling. People who fear the worst tend to invite it. Heads that are… — Norman Cousins Copy Share Image
The present mode of life on earth is madness, which is nontheless lethal for being legal. Rational existence is possible, but it… — Norman Cousins Copy Share Image
The poet reminds men of their uniqueness and it is not necessary to possess the ultimate definition of this uniqueness. Even to speculate is… — Norman Cousins Copy Share
Unobstructed access to facts can produce unlimited good only if it is matched by the desire and ability to find out what they mean… — Norman Cousins Copy Share
What was significant about the laughter . . . was not just the fact that it provides internal exercise for a person . .… — Norman Cousins Copy Share
You are younger today than you will ever be again. Make use of it for the sake of tomorrow. — Norman Cousins Copy Share
On the quality of life: #1. Realize that each human being has a built-in capacity for recuperation and repair. #2. Recognize that the quality… — Norman Cousins Copy Share
What a man really says when he says that someone else can be persuaded by force, is that he himself is incapable of more… — Norman Cousins Copy Share
The physician knows that his little black bag can carry him only so far and that the body's own healing system is the main… — Norman Cousins Copy Share
We are wide-eyed in contemplating the possibility that life may exist elsewhere in the universe, but we wear blinders when contemplating the possibilities of… — Norman Cousins Copy Share
The essence of man is imperfection. Failure is simply a price we pay to achieve success. If we learn to embrace that new definition… — Norman Cousins Copy Share
The growth of the human mind is still high adventure, in many ways the highest adventure on earth. — Norman Cousins Copy Share
All this sensory input, which begins in the brain, has its effect throughout the body. — Norman Cousins Copy Share
Humanity today is not safe in the presence of humanity. The old cannibalism has given way to anonymous action in which the killer and… — Norman Cousins Copy Share
