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Norman Cousins Quotes - Page 3

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 (2016). “Anatomy of an Illness as Perceived by the Patient: Reflections on Healing and Regeneration”, p.52, Open Road Media

Cynicism is intellectual treason.

"Human Options". Book by Norman Cousins, December, 1981.

History is a vast early warning system.

"Saturday Review" Magazine, April 15, 1978.

A library is the delivery room for the birth of ideas, a place where history comes to life.

Norman Cousins (1967). “Present Tense; an American Editor's Odyssey”

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 (1991). “The Celebration of Life: A Dialogue on Hope, Spirit, and the Immortality of the Soul”, Bantam

Just as there is no loss of basic energy in the universe, so no thought or action is without its effects, present or ultimate, seen or unseen, felt or unfelt.

Norman Cousins (1974). “The celebration of life: a dialogue on immortality and infinity”, Harper San Francisco

The need is not to amputate the ego ... but to transcend it.

Norman Cousins (1974). “The celebration of life: a dialogue on immortality and infinity”, Harper San Francisco