Norman Cousins
Norman Cousins
Norman Cousinswas an American political journalist, author, professor, and world peace advocate...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth24 June 1915
CountryUnited States of America
editing years people
The one thing I have learned about editing over the years is that you have to edit and publish out of your own tastes, enthusiasms, and concerns, and not out of notions or guesswork about what other people might like to read.
enemy constant
Death is not the enemy; living in constant fear of it is.
time thinking america
We in America have everything we need except the most important thing of all-time to think and the habit of thought.
forgiveness
Do you prefer that you be right or happy?
differences serenity silence
Silence must be comprehended as not solely the absence of sound. It is the natural environment for serenity and contemplation. Life without silence is life without privacy. The difference between sanity and madness is the quality of our thoughts. Silence is on the side of sanity.
recovery doctors enabling
The doctor knows that it is the prescription slip itself, even more than what is written on it, that is often the vital ingredient for enabling a patient to get rid of whatever is ailing him.
being-real realizing enough
All things are possible, once enough human beings realize that everything is at stake.
equality opposites lows
For every low there is an equal but opposite high.
infinity statistics inevitable
Infinity converts the possible into the inevitable.
intellectual literature cynicism
Cynicism is intellectual treason.
senior country government
Capitalism in the United States has undergone profound modification, not just under the New Deal but through a consensus that continued to grow after the New Deal. Government in the U.S. today is a senior partner in every business in the country.
size purpose problem
The sense of paralysis proceeds not so much out of the mammoth size of the problem but out of the puniness of the purpose.
mistake philosophy america
We have learned to live in a world of mistakes and defective products as if they were necessary to life. It is time to adopt a new philosophy in America.
american-editor birth delivery famous history ideas metaphor room
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.