Pain is part of the body's magic. It is the way the body transmits a sign to the brain that something is… — Norman Cousins Copy Share Image
Ten minutes of genuine belly laughter had an anesthetic effect and would give me at least two hours of pain-free sleep. — Norman Cousins Copy Share Image
A casual attitude toward human hurt and pain is the surest sign of educational failure. — Norman Cousins Copy Share Image
The tragedy of life is in what dies inside a man while he lives - the death of genuine feeling, the death… — Norman Cousins Copy Share Image
We are becoming a nation of sissies and hypochondriacs, a self medicating society easily intimidated by pain and prone to panic. We… — Norman Cousins Copy Share Image
“If ignorance about the nature of pain is widespread, ignorance about the way pain-killing drugs is even more so. What is not… — Norman Cousins Copy Share Image
“Illness is always an interaction between [mind and body]. It can begin in the mind and affect the body, or it can… — Norman Cousins Copy Share Image
“Suppose I stopped taking aspirin and phenylbutazone? What about the pain? The bones in my spine and practically every joint in my… — Norman Cousins Copy Share Image
“Time is the one thing that patients need most from their doctors--time to be heard, time to have things explained, time to… — 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 Image
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 Image
What was significant about the laughter . . . was not just the fact that it provides internal exercise for a person . .… — Norman Cousins Copy Share Image
You are younger today than you will ever be again. Make use of it for the sake of tomorrow. — Norman Cousins Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
The starting point for a better world is the belief that it is possible. — Norman Cousins Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
The growth of the human mind is still high adventure, in many ways the highest adventure on earth. — Norman Cousins Copy Share Image
![“Illness is always an interaction between [mind and body]. It can begin in the mind and affect the body, or it can begin in the body and affect the mind, both of which are served by the same bloodstream. Attempts to treat most mental diseases as though they were completely free of physical causes…” quote by Norman Cousins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/3ef/norman-cousins-2488_healing_illness-is-always-an-interaction-between_3009271.jpg)
