199 Quotes by Norman Cousins

"Reverence for life is more than solicitude or sensitivity for life. It is a sense of the whole, a capacity for inspired response, a respect for the intricate universe of individual life. It is the supreme awareness of awareness itself."

"Laughter is a powerful way to tap positive emotions"

"We will not have peace by afterthought."

"Laughter is a form of internal jogging. It moves your internal organs around. It enhances respiration. It is an igniter of great expectations."

"Nothing is more powerful than an individual acting out their conscience, thus helping bring the collective conscience to life."

"To be able to rise from the earth; to be able, from a station in outer space, to see the relationship of the planet earth to other planets; to be able to contemplate the billions of factors in precise and beautiful combination that make human existence possible; to be able to dwell on an encounter of the human brain and spirit with the universe"

"Cynicism is intellectual treason."

"You are younger today than you will ever be again. Make use of it for the sake of tomorrow."

"Pain is part of the body's magic. It is the way the body transmits a sign to the brain that something is wrong."

"It is well known that panic, despair, depression, hate, rage, exasperation, frustration all produce negative biochemical changes in the body."