Never deny a diagnosis, but do deny the negative verdict that may go with it. — Norman Cousins Acceptance Copy Share Image
It makes little difference how many university courses or degrees a person may own. If he cannot use words to move an… — Norman Cousins Courses Copy Share Image
“The library is not a shrine for the worship of books. It is not a temple where literary incense must be burned… — Norman Cousins Book Copy Share Image
The doctor knows that it is the prescription slip itself, even more than what is written on it, that is often the… — Norman Cousins Doctors Copy Share Image
But we have yet to make peace basic to our education. The most important subject in the world is hardly taught at… — Norman Cousins Cousin Copy Share Image
People are never more insecure than when they become obsessed with their fears at the expense of their dreams. — Norman Cousins Dreams Copy Share Image
A casual attitude toward human hurt and pain is the surest sign of educational failure. — Norman Cousins Attitude Copy Share Image
If there is a conflict between the easy drift of prosperity and the ordeal of peace, the ordeal of peace comes first. — Norman Cousins Conflict Copy Share Image
More and more, the choice for the world's people is between world warriors and world citizens. — Norman Cousins Choice Copy Share Image
No one has been able to define or synthesize that precarious, splendid, and perhaps untidy instant when the creative process begins. This… — Norman Cousins Able Copy Share Image
Words have to be crafted, not sprayed. They need to be fitted together with infinite care. — Norman Cousins Care Copy Share Image
If the United Nations is to survive, those who represent it must bolster it; those who advocate it must submit to it;… — Norman Cousins Believe Copy Share Image
The message from the moon which we have flashed to the far corners of this planet is that no problem need any… — Norman Cousins Corners Copy Share Image
The heart of the matter is that some people like to cause injury or death to living things. And many of those… — Norman Cousins Causes Copy Share Image
Integration is a basic law of life; when we resist it, disintegration is the natural result, both inside and outside of us.… — Norman Cousins Concepts Copy Share Image
It is reasonable to expect the doctor to recognize that science may not have all the answers to problems of health and… — Norman Cousins Answers Copy Share Image
A book is like a piece of rope; it takes on meaning only in connection with the things it holds together. — Norman Cousins Book 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 Body Copy Share Image
Laughter may or may not activate the endorphins or enhance respiration, as some medical researchers contend. What seems clear, however, is that… — Norman Cousins Activate Copy Share Image
