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
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.
peace war world
Where is the indignation about the fact that the US and USSR have thirty thousand pounds of destructive force for every human being in the world?
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.
brain input body
All this sensory input, which begins in the brain, has its effect throughout the body.
death people dying
Why are people more appalled at what they term an unnatural form of dying than by an unnatural form of living?
warrior people choices
More and more, the choice for the world's people is between world warriors and world citizens.
disease panic serious
Nothing is more essential in the treatment of serious disease than the liberation of the patient from panic and foreboding.
determination attitude moving
Since the human body tends to move in the direction of its expectations- plus or minus-it is important to know that attitudes of confidence and determination are no less a part of the treatment program than medical science and technology.
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.
self despair trouble
The main trouble with despair is that it is self-fulfilling.
waste wasting-time pessimism
Pessimism is a waste of time.
spring self people
The main trouble with despair is that it is self-fulfilling. People who fear the worst tend to invite it. Heads that are down can't scan the horizon for new openings. Bursts of energy do not spring from a spirit of defeat. Ultimately, helplessness leads to hopelessness.