Norman Cousins was a prominent political journalist, author, professor, and world peace advocate.
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“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
“The way a book is read - which is to say, the qualities a reader brings to a book - can have as much to do with its worth as anything the author puts in it. Anyone who can read, can learn to read deeply and thus live more fully.”
“Optimism doesn't wait on facts. It deals with prospects. Pessimism is a waste of time.”
“Life is an adventure in forgiveness.”
“Ten minutes of genuine belly laughter had an anesthetic effect and would give me at least two hours of pain-free sleep”
“Hearty laughter is a good way to jog internally without having to go outdoors.”
“People who develop the habit of thinking of themselves as world citizens are fulfilling the first requirement of sanity in our time”
“Respect for the fragility and importance of an individual life is still the mark of an educated man.”
“Cynicism is intellectual treason.”
“We will not have peace by afterthought.”