The growth of the human mind is still high adventure, in many ways the highest adventure on earth. — Norman Cousins Copy Share Image
Humanity today is not safe in the presence of humanity. The old cannibalism has given way to anonymous action in which the… — Norman Cousins Copy Share Image
Hearty laughter is a good way to jog internally without having to go outdoors. — Norman Cousins Copy Share Image
The old emphasis upon superficial differences that separate peoples must give way to education for citizenship in the human community. — Norman Cousins Copy Share Image
The American people are beginning to think in new ways about health and illness . . . Bernie Siegel is helping to… — Norman Cousins Copy Share Image
The justification for those actions was that we were living in a very hard, predatory, cloak-and-dagger world and that the only way… — Norman Cousins Copy Share Image
The way a book is read, which is to say, the qualities a reader brings to a book can have as much… — Norman Cousins Copy Share Image
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
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
