Quotes by Norman Cousins

"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."

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

"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."

"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."

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

"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."

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

"He who keeps his cool best wins."

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

"He who keeps his cool best wins."