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
news may claims
If news is not really news unless it is bad news, it may be difficult to claim we are an informed nation
discovery achievement purpose
Nature has not been lavish in her endowments, but each person has his or her own potential in terms of achievement and service. The awareness of that potential is the discovery of purpose; the fulfillment of that potential is the discovery of strength.
enough pessimist knows
No one really knows enough to be a pessimist.
despair bombs next
I've learned that next to the atomic bomb, the greatest danger is defeatism, despair, and inadequate awareness of what human beings possess. I feel that any problem that can be defined is capable of being resolved. Out of this has come my conviction that no person knows enough to be a pessimist.
earth may possibility
We are wide-eyed in contemplating the possibility that life may exist elsewhere in the universe, but we wear blinders when contemplating the possibilities of life on earth.
doctors needs patient
The need is to recognize that The patient is the healer, Not the doctor.
cousin peace taken
But we have yet to make peace basic to our education. The most important subject in the world is hardly taught at all. In the spirit of this passage, the editor has taken the liberty of editing Mr. Cousins' language to make it more gender inclusive.
peace firsts conflict
If there is a conflict between the easy drift of prosperity and the ordeal of peace, the ordeal of peace comes first.
purpose purpose-of-education
The purpose of education is to enable us to develop to the fullest that which is inside us
pain self challenges
We are becoming a nation of sissies and hypochondriacs, a self medicating society easily intimidated by pain and prone to panic. We understand almost nothing about the essential robustness of the human body or its ability to meet the challenge of illness.
healing black bags
The physician knows that his little black bag can carry him only so far and that the body's own healing system is the main resource.
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.
healing body physicians
The physician's ability to reassure the patient is a major factor in activating the body's own healing system.
education world today
It is no longer correct to regard higher education solely as a privilege. It is a basic right in today's world.