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
being-real realizing enough
All things are possible, once enough human beings realize that everything is at stake.
education hurt unique
Education tends to be diagrammatic and categorical, opening up no sluices in the human imagination on the wonder of the beauty of our unique estate in the cosmos. Little wonder that it becomes so easy for our young to regard human hurt casually or to be uninspired by the magic of sensitivity.
communication mean men
What a man really says when he says that someone else can be persuaded by force, is that he himself is incapable of more rational means of communication.
writing together care
Words have to be crafted, not sprayed. They need to be fitted together with infinite care.
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.
ego needs
The need is not to amputate the ego ... but to transcend it.
skills perspective people
What people most need now is to apply their conversion skills to those things that are essential for their survival. They need to convert facts into logic, free will into purpose, conscience into decision. They need to convert historical experience into a design for a sane world.
happiness laughter humans
Of all the gifts bestowed by nature on human beings, hearty laughter must be close to the top.
eye journey men
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.
reading book quality
The way a book is read, which is to say, the qualities a reader brings to a book can have as much to do with its worth as anything the author puts into it.
positive optimistic optimism
Optimism doesn't wait on facts. It deals with prospects. Pessimism is a waste of time.
intellectual literature cynicism
Cynicism is intellectual treason.