Quotes by Norman Cousins

"The tragedy of life is in what dies inside a man while he lives - the death of genuine feeling, the death of inspired response, the awareness that makes it possible to feel the pain or the glory of other men in yourself."

"Respect for the fragility and importance of an individual life is still the mark of an educated man."

"The tragedy of life is in what dies inside a man while he lives - the death of genuine feeling, the death of inspired response, the awareness that makes it possible to feel the pain or the glory of other men in yourself."

"The tragedy of life is in what dies inside a man while he lives - the death of genuine feeling, the death of inspired response, the awareness that makes it possible to feel the pain or the glory of other men in yourself."

"A library, to modify the famous metaphor of Socrates, should be the delivery room for the birth of ideas - a place where history comes to life."

"A library is the delivery room for the birth of ideas, a place where history comes to life."

"Life is an adventure in forgiveness."

"The main failure of education is that it has not prepared people to comprehend matters concerning human destiny."

"The main failure of education is that it has not prepared people to comprehend matters concerning human destiny."

"Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live."

"Wisdom consists of the anticipation of consequences."

"He who keeps his cool best wins."

"He who keeps his cool best wins."

"Hope is independent of the apparatus of logic."

"My reason nourishes my faith and my faith my reason."

"History is a vast early warning system."

"A library, to modify the famous metaphor of Socrates, should be the delivery room for the birth of ideas - a place where history comes to life."

"It makes little difference how many university courses or degrees a person may own. If he cannot use words to move an idea from one point to another, his education is incomplete."

"It makes little difference how many university courses or degrees a person may own. If he cannot use words to move an idea from one point to another, his education is incomplete."

"We will not have peace by afterthought."

"Government in the U.S. today is a senior partner in every business in the country."

"It is reasonable to expect the doctor to recognize that science may not have all the answers to problems of health and healing."

"It is reasonable to expect the doctor to recognize that science may not have all the answers to problems of health and healing."

"Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live."

"The tragedy of life is in what dies inside a man while he lives - the death of genuine feeling, the death of inspired response, the awareness that makes it possible to feel the pain or the glory of other men in yourself."

"Man is not imprisoned by habit. Great changes in him can be wrought by crisis - once that crisis can be recognized and understood."

"People are never more insecure than when they become obsessed with their fears at the expense of their dreams."

"It is reasonable to expect the doctor to recognize that science may not have all the answers to problems of health and healing."

"The capacity for hope is the most significant fact of life. It provides human beings with a sense of destination and the energy to get started."

"The human body experiences a powerful gravitational pull in the direction of hope. That is why the patient's hopes are the physician's secret weapon. They are the hidden ingredients in any prescription."

"Government in the U.S. today is a senior partner in every business in the country."