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
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.
adventure may energy
Intelligence and the spirit of adventure can be combined to create new energies, and out of these energies may come exciting and rewarding new prospects.
belief biology biodiversity
Belief creates biology.
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.
agency challenges world
The great challenge of the '90s... is to salvage and improve the UN and to develop it into an agency capable of meeting the wide range of serious problems that are inherent in a world that has become a single geographic unit.
enemy constant
Death is not the enemy; living in constant fear of it is.
acceptance men essence
The essence of man is imperfection.
peace afterthought
We will not have peace by afterthought.
respect reverence-for-life inspired
Reverence for life is more than solicitude or sensitivity for life. It is a sense of the whole, a capacity for inspired response, a respect for the intricate universe of individual life. It is the supreme awareness of awareness itself.
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?
attitude responsibility quality
Assume responsibility for the quality of your own life
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.