Writer Quotes by Norman Cousins

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

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

What was significant about the laughter . . . was not just the fact that it provides internal exercise for a person . .…

— Norman Cousins

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

— Norman Cousins

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

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

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

— Norman Cousins

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

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

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

My reason nourishes my faith and my faith my reason.

— Norman Cousins

The growth of the human mind is still high adventure, in many ways the highest adventure on earth.

— Norman Cousins

Death is not the enemy; living in constant fear of it is.

— Norman Cousins

All this sensory input, which begins in the brain, has its effect throughout the body.

— Norman Cousins

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