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. ↗

— Norman Cousins

#capable #compassion #former #great #his

What was most significant about the lunar voyage was not that men set foot on the moon but that they set eye on the earth. ↗

— Norman Cousins

#earth #eye #foot #men #moon

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

— Norman Cousins

#big #going #gun #heaviest #keep

A book is like a piece of rope; it takes on meaning only in connection with the things it holds together. ↗

— Norman Cousins

#connection #holds #like #meaning #only

Government in the U.S. today is a senior partner in every business in the country. ↗

— Norman Cousins

#country #every #government #partner #senior

If the United Nations is to survive, those who represent it must bolster it; those who advocate it must submit to it; and those who believe in it must fight for it. ↗

— Norman Cousins

#believe #bolster #fight #must #nations

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

#answers #doctor #expect #healing #health

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

— Norman Cousins

#fragility #importance #individual #individual life #life

The only security for the American people today, or for any people, is to be found through the control of force rather than the use of force. ↗

— Norman Cousins

#american people #any #control #force #found

The way a book is read, which is to say, the qualities a reader brings to a book can have as much to do with its worth as anything the author puts into it. ↗

— Norman Cousins

#author #book #brings #into #much