Quotes by Norman Cousins

About Norman Cousins:

Norman Cousins was an American political journalist, author, professor, and world peace advocate.
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People are never more insecure than when they become obsessed with their fears at the expense of their dreams.

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The main failure of education is that it has not prepared people to comprehend matters concerning human destiny.

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A library is the delivery room for the birth of ideas, a place where history comes to life.

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It makes little difference how many university courses or degrees a person may own. If he cannot use words to move an idea from one point to another, his education is incomplete.

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The individual is capable of both great compassion and great indifference. He has it within his means to nourish the former and outgrow the latter.

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Man is not imprisoned by habit. Great changes in him can be wrought by crisis - once that crisis can be recognized and understood.

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Hearty laughter is a good way to jog internally without having to go outdoors.

Norman Cousins

A library, to modify the famous metaphor of Socrates, should be the delivery room for the birth of ideas - a place where history comes to life.

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My reason nourishes my faith and my faith my reason.

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If something comes to life in others because of you, then you have made an approach to immortality.

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Respect for the fragility and importance of an individual life is still the mark of an educated man.

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We will not have peace by afterthought.

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Optimism doesn't wait on facts. It deals with prospects. Pessimism is a waste of time.

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Your heaviest artillery will be your will to live. Keep that big gun going.

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What was most significant about the lunar voyage was not that men set foot on the moon but that they set eye on the earth.

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Wisdom consists of the anticipation of consequences.

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Author Bio

  • NameNorman Cousins
  • DescriptionAmerican journalist
  • BornJune 24, 1915
  • DiedNovember 30, 1990
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionJournalist; Writer
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