The sense of paralysis proceeds not so much out of the mammoth size of the problem but out of the puniness of… — Norman Cousins Paralysis 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 Agents Copy Share Image
Since the human body tends to move in the direction of its expectations- plus or minus-it is important to know that attitudes… — Norman Cousins Attitude Copy Share Image
Second only to freedom, learning is the most precious option on earth. — Norman Cousins Choice Copy Share Image
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… — Norman Cousins Ball game Copy Share Image
The capacity for hope is the most significant fact of life. It provides human beings with a sense of destination and the… — Norman Cousins Capacity 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 Human mind Copy Share Image
Hope, purpose and determination are not merely mental states. They have electrochemical connections that affect the immune system. — Norman Cousins Connections 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 Adventure Copy Share Image
Hearty laughter is a good way to jog internally without having to go outdoors. — Norman Cousins Good way Copy Share Image
The one thing I have learned about editing over the years is that you have to edit and publish out of your… — Norman Cousins Concern Copy Share Image
The possibility of war increases in direct proportion to the effectiveness of the instruments of war. — Norman Cousins Direct 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 Citizenship Copy Share Image
The individual is capable of both great compassion and great indifference. He has it within his means to nourish the former and… — Norman Cousins Capable Copy Share Image
To talk about the need for perfection in man is to talk about the need for another species. The essence of man… — Norman Cousins Affirmation Copy Share Image
We have everything we need, in fact, except the most important thing of all — time to think and the habit of thought. — Norman Cousins All time Copy Share Image
A human being fashions his consequences as surely as he fashions his goods or his dwelling. Nothing that he says, thinks or… — Norman Cousins Consequence Copy Share Image
Nothing is more essential in the treatment of serious disease than the liberation of the patient from panic and foreboding. — Norman Cousins Disease Copy Share Image
The American people are beginning to think in new ways about health and illness . . . Bernie Siegel is helping to… — Norman Cousins American people Copy Share Image
What people most need now is to apply their conversion skills to those things that are essential for their survival. They need… — Norman Cousins Communication Copy Share Image
Education tends to be diagrammatic and categorical, opening up no sluices in the human imagination on the wonder of the beauty of… — Norman Cousins Cosmos Copy Share Image
