Quotes by Norman Cousins

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.

Life is an adventure in forgiveness.

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

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.

Man is not imprisoned by habit. Great changes in him can be wrought by crisis - once that crisis can be recognized and understood.

It is reasonable to expect the doctor to recognize that science may not have all the answers to problems of health and healing.

History is a vast early warning system.

A library is 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.

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.