Norman Cousins
Norman Cousins
Norman Cousinswas an American political journalist, author, professor, and world peace advocate...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth24 June 1915
CountryUnited States of America
medicine needs architect
The marvelous pharmacy that was designed by nature and placed into our being by the universal architect produces most of the medicines we need.
may earth force
The life-force may be the least understood force on earth.
infinity statistics inevitable
Infinity converts the possible into the inevitable.
recovery doctors enabling
The doctor knows that it is the prescription slip itself, even more than what is written on it, that is often the vital ingredient for enabling a patient to get rid of whatever is ailing him.
differences giving community
The old emphasis upon superficial differences that separate peoples must give way to education for citizenship in the human community.
writing together care
Words have to be crafted, not sprayed. They need to be fitted together with infinite care.
government people perceive
Governments are not built to perceive large truths. Only people can perceive great truths. Governments specialize in small and intermediate truths. They have to be instructed by their people in great truths.
communication mean men
What a man really says when he says that someone else can be persuaded by force, is that he himself is incapable of more rational means of communication.
education hurt unique
Education tends to be diagrammatic and categorical, opening up no sluices in the human imagination on the wonder of the beauty of our unique estate in the cosmos. Little wonder that it becomes so easy for our young to regard human hurt casually or to be uninspired by the magic of sensitivity.
being-real realizing enough
All things are possible, once enough human beings realize that everything is at stake.
time thinking america
We in America have everything we need except the most important thing of all-time to think and the habit of thought.
equality opposites lows
For every low there is an equal but opposite high.
men may facts
Although a man may have no jurisdiction over the fact of his existence, he can hold supreme command over the meaning of existence for him.
men names chinese
All men - whether they go by the name of Americans or Russians or Chinese or British or Malayans or Indians or Africans - have obligations to one another that transcend their obligations to their sovereign societies.