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.
peace humanity doe
Humanity today is not safe in the presence of humanity. The old cannibalism has given way to anonymous action in which the killer and the killed do not know each other, and in which,indeed, the very fact of mass death has the effect of making mass killing less reprehensible than the death of a single individual. In short, we have evolved in every respect except our ability to protect ourselves against human intelligence. Our knowledge is vast but does not embrace the workings of peace.
enemy constant
Death is not the enemy; living in constant fear of it is.
peace afterthought
We will not have peace by afterthought.
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.
differences giving community
The old emphasis upon superficial differences that separate peoples must give way to education for citizenship in the human community.
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.
math two personality
Nixon's motto was, if two wrongs don't make a right, try three.
intellectual literature cynicism
Cynicism is intellectual treason.