Norman Cousins Quotes, Thoughts and images

If something comes to life in others because of you, then you have made an approach to immortality.

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

The control centre of your life is your attitude.

You are younger today than you will ever be again. Make use of it for the sake of tomorrow.

If news is not really news unless it is bad news, it may be difficult to claim we are an informed nation.

Life is an adventure in forgiveness.

Progress begins with the belief that what is necessary is possible.

Nixon's motto was, if two wrongs don't make a right, try three.

Each patient carries his doctor inside him.

Drugs are not always necessary. Belief in recovery always is.

Don't defy the diagnosis, try to defy the verdict.

The starting point for a better world is the belief that it is possible.

Assume responsibility for the quality of your own life.

The purpose of education is to enable us to develop to the fullest that which is inside us

Never deny a diagnosis, but do deny the negative verdict that may go with it.

The capacity for hope is the most significant fact of life.

Cynicism is intellectual treason.

An adequate share of humour and laughter represents an essential part of the diet of a healthy person.

The human body experiences a powerful gravitational pull in the direction of hope

A casual attitude toward human hurt and pain is the surest sign of educational failure.

The main trouble with despair is that it is self-fulfilling.

The growth of the human mind is still high adventure, in many ways the highest adventure on earth.

He who keeps his cool best wins.

Wisdom consists of the anticipation of consequences.

Optimism doesn't wait on facts. It deals with prospects. Pessimism is a waste of time.

The eternal quest of the individual human being is to shatter his loneliness.

Second, only to freedom, learning is the most precious option on earth.

All things are possible, once enough human beings realize that everything is at stake.

Laughter is inner jogging.