Norman Cousins Quotes

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Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live.

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Inspirational, Life, Sympathy

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People are never more insecure than when they become obsessed with their fears at the expense of their dreams.

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Dream, Fear, Insecure

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If something comes to life in others because of you, then you have made an approach to immortality.

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Life, Achievement, Immortality

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

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The control center of your life is your attitude.

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Life, Attitude, Life Is

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The greatest force in the human body is the natural drive of the body to heal itself - but that force in not independent of the belief system. Everything begins with belief. What we believe is the most powerful option of all.

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Powerful, Believe, Independent

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On the quality of life: #1. Realize that each human being has a built-in capacity for recuperation and repair. #2. Recognize that the quality of life is all-important. #3. Assume responsibility for the quality of your own life. #4. Nurture the regenerative and restorative forces within you. #5. Utilize laughter to create a mood in which the other positive emotions can be put to work for yourself and those around you. #6. Develop confidence and ability to feel love, hope and faith, and acquire a strong will to live.

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Strong, Laughter, Health

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

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Life, Motivational, Self Esteem

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Death is not the greatest tragedy in life. The greatest tragedy is what dies inside us while we live. We need not fear death. We need fear only that we may exist without having sensed something of the possibilities that lie within human existence.

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Lying, Tragedy, Needs

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Wisdom consists of the anticipation of consequences.

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Motivational, Wisdom, Entrepreneur

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

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

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Depression, Hate, Frustration

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Of all the gifts bestowed by nature on human beings, hearty laughter must be close to the top.

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Happiness, Laughter, Humans

Norman Cousins (1989). “Head First: The Biology of Hope and the Healing Power of the Human Spirit”, Penguin Group USA

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

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Happiness, Laughter, Moving

Norman Cousins (1989). “Head First: The Biology of Hope and the Healing Power of the Human Spirit”, Penguin Group USA

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The human body experiences a powerful gravitational pull in the direction of hope

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Motivational, Powerful, Body

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Drugs are not always necessary. Belief in recovery always is.

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Healing, Recovery, Nursing

Norman Cousins (2016). “Anatomy of an Illness as Perceived by the Patient: Reflections on Healing and Regeneration”, p.17, Open Road Media

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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.

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Inspirational, Funny, Graduation

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

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Laughter is a powerful way to tap positive emotions

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Positive, Laughter, Powerful

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History is a vast early warning system.

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History, Historical, Warning

"Saturday Review" Magazine, April 15, 1978.

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

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Happiness, Laughter, Block

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The main trouble with despair is that it is self-fulfilling. People who fear the worst tend to invite it. Heads that are down can't scan the horizon for new openings. Bursts of energy do not spring from a spirit of defeat. Ultimately, helplessness leads to hopelessness.

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Spring, Self, People

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

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Pain, Magic, Brain

Norman Cousins (2016). “Anatomy of an Illness as Perceived by the Patient: Reflections on Healing and Regeneration”, p.10, Open Road Media

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Time given to thought is the greatest time saver of all.

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Teaching, Learning, Thinking

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Never deny a diagnosis, but do deny the negative verdict that may go with it.

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Acceptance, Negative, May

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Life is an adventure in forgiveness.

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Inspirational, Forgiveness, Life Changing

Norman Cousins (1989). “Head First: The Biology of Hope and the Healing Power of the Human Spirit”, Penguin Group USA

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Each patient carries his own doctor inside him.

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Food, Health, Doctors

Norman Cousins (2016). “Anatomy of an Illness as Perceived by the Patient: Reflections on Healing and Regeneration”, p.27, Open Road Media

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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.

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Hope, Live Life, Facts

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Born: June 24, 1915
Died: November 30, 1990
Occupation: Journalist
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