Author: Norman Cousins

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A library, to modify the famous metaphor of Socrates, should be the delivery room for the birth of ideas - a place where history comes to life.

A library, to modify the famous metaphor of Socrates, should be the delivery room for the birth of ideas - a place where history comes to life.

- Norman Cousins

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

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

- Norman Cousins

The eternal quest of the individual human being is to shatter his loneliness.

The eternal quest of the individual human being is to shatter his loneliness.

- Norman Cousins

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.

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

History is a vast early warning system.

History is a vast early warning system.

- Norman Cousins

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.

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

Your heaviest artillery will be your will to live. Keep that big gun going.

Your heaviest artillery will be your will to live. Keep that big gun going.

- Norman Cousins

Life is an adventure in forgiveness.

Life is an adventure in forgiveness.

- Norman Cousins

Respect for the fragility and importance of an individual life is still the mark of an educated man.

Respect for the fragility and importance of an individual life is still the mark of an educated man.

- Norman Cousins

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