The capacity for hope is the most significant fact of life. It provides human beings with a sense of destination and the energy to get started. -Norman Cousins Hope
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 Space
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 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. -Norman Cousins Death
Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live. -Norman Cousins Life
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 Great
Hearty laughter is a good way to jog internally without having to go outdoors. -Norman Cousins Health
Respect for the fragility and importance of an individual life is still the mark of an educated man. -Norman Cousins Respect
Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live. -Norman Cousins Sympathy
The human body experiences a powerful gravitational pull in the direction of hope. That is why the patient's hopes are the physician's secret weapon. They are the hidden ingredients in any prescription. -Norman Cousins Hope
Your heaviest artillery will be your will to live. Keep that big gun going. -Norman Cousins Motivational
The human body experiences a powerful gravitational pull in the direction of hope. That is why the patient's hopes are the physician's secret weapon. They are the hidden ingredients in any prescription. -Norman Cousins Medical
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 Sad
It makes little difference how many university courses or degrees a person may own. If he cannot use words to move an idea from one point to another, his education is incomplete. -Norman Cousins Education
Government in the U.S. today is a senior partner in every business in the country. -Norman Cousins Government