Thinking Quotes by Norman Cousins

8 Thinking quotes by Norman Cousins

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Norman Cousins’s eight reflections on thinking give a quick look at his blend of optimism and health. Though modest in number, the collection highlights his belief in the mind’s power to influence well‑being.

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We in America have everything we need except the most important thing of all-time to think and the habit of thought.

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People who develop the habit of thinking of themselves as world citizens are fulfilling the first requirement of sanity in our time

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The present mode of life on earth is madness, which is nontheless lethal for being legal. Rational existence is possible, but it…

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At a Dodger baseball game in Los Angeles, I asked Will Durant if he was ninety-four or ninety-five. "Ninety-four," he said. "You…

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We have everything we need, in fact, except the most important thing of all — time to think and the habit of thought.

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A human being fashions his consequences as surely as he fashions his goods or his dwelling. Nothing that he says, thinks or…

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The American people are beginning to think in new ways about health and illness . . . Bernie Siegel is helping to…

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Time given to thought is the greatest time saver of all.

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You are younger today than you will ever be again. Make use of it for the sake of tomorrow.

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The starting point for a better world is the belief that it is possible.

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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…

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