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
life pain men
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.
eye journey men
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.
inspirational change men
Man is not imprisoned by habit. Great changes in him can be wrought by crisis - once that crisis can be recognized and understood.
acceptance men essence
The essence of man is imperfection.
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.
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.
men definitions gains
The poet reminds men of their uniqueness and it is not necessary to possess the ultimate definition of this uniqueness. Even to speculate is a gain.
men perfection needs
To talk about the need for perfection in man is to talk about the need for another species.
moving men essence
The essence of man is imperfection. Failure is simply a price we pay to achieve success. If we learn to embrace that new definition of failure, then we are free to start moving ahead - and failing forward.
respect men fragility
Respect for the fragility and importance of an individual life is still the mark of an educated man.
men color opposites
I cannot affirm God if I fail to affirm man. Therefore, I affirm both. Without a belief in human unity I am hungry and incomplete. Human unity is the fulfillment of diversity. It is the harmony of opposites. It is a many-stranded texture, with color and depth.
author book brings puts qualities reader worth
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 into it.
citizens develop fulfilling habit people sanity themselves thinking time
People who develop the habit of thinking of themselves as world citizens are fulfilling the first requirement of sanity in our time