The individual is capable of both great compassion and great indifference. He has it within his means to nourish the former and outgrow the latter. Norman Cousins
It is reasonable to expect the doctor to recognize that science may not have all the answers to problems of health and healing. Norman Cousins
Optimism doesn't wait on facts. It deals with prospects. Pessimism is a waste of time. Norman Cousins
People are never more insecure than when they become obsessed with their fears at the expense of their dreams. Norman Cousins
If something comes to life in others because of you, then you have made an approach to immortality. Norman Cousins
The main failure of education is that it has not prepared people to comprehend matters concerning human destiny. Norman Cousins
Respect for the fragility and importance of an individual life is still the mark of an educated man. Norman Cousins
Man is not imprisoned by habit. Great changes in him can be wrought by crisis - once that crisis can be recognized and understood. Norman Cousins
A library is the delivery room for the birth of ideas, a place where history comes to life. 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. Norman Cousins
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.Norman Cousins