199 Quotes by Norman Cousins

It is no longer correct to regard higher education solely as a privilege. It is a basic right in today’s world.

Nixon’s motto was, if two wrongs don’t make a right, try three.

Assume responsibility for the quality of your own life.

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.

Laughter serves as a blocking agent. Like a bulletproof vest, it may help protect you against the ravages of negative emotions that can assault you in disease.

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

War is an invention of the human mind. The human mind can invent peace.

Drugs are not always necessary, (but) belief in recovery always is.

The most costly disease is not cancer or coronaries. The most costly disease is boredom - costly for both individual and society.