If news is not really news unless it is bad news, it may be difficult to claim we are an informed nation — Norman Cousins Copy Share Image
Never deny a diagnosis, but do deny the negative verdict that may go with it. — Norman Cousins Copy Share Image
Laughter serves as a blocking agent. Like a bullet-proof vest, it may help protect you against the ravages of negative emotions that… — Norman Cousins Copy Share Image
Although a man may have no jurisdiction over the fact of his existence, he can hold supreme command over the meaning of… — Norman Cousins Copy Share Image
It makes little difference how many university courses or degrees a person may own. If he cannot use words to move an… — Norman Cousins Copy Share Image
I have learned never to underestimate the capacity of the human mind and body to regenerate - even when prospects seem most… — Norman Cousins Copy Share Image
Laughter may or may not activate the endorphins or enhance respiration, as some medical researchers contend. What seems clear, however, is that… — Norman Cousins Copy Share Image
Intelligence and the spirit of adventure can be combined to create new energies, and out of these energies may come exciting and… — Norman Cousins Copy Share Image
We are wide-eyed in contemplating the possibility that life may exist elsewhere in the universe, but we wear blinders when contemplating the… — Norman Cousins Copy Share Image
It is reasonable to expect the doctor to recognize that science may not have all the answers to problems of health and… — Norman Cousins Copy Share Image
Death is not the greatest tragedy in life. The greatest tragedy is what dies inside us while we live. We need not… — Norman Cousins Copy Share Image
No one has been able to define or synthesize that precarious, splendid, and perhaps untidy instant when the creative process begins. This… — 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
