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. Norman Cousins Read Quote
If something comes to life in others because of you, then you have made an approach to immortality. Norman Cousins Read Quote
Man is not imprisoned by habit. Great changes in him can be wrought by crisis – once that crisis can be recognized and understood. Norman Cousins Read Quote
A book is like a piece of rope; it takes on meaning only in connection with the things it holds together. Norman Cousins Read Quote
People are never more insecure than when they become obsessed with their fears at the expense of their dreams. Norman Cousins Read Quote
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 Read Quote
The main failure of education is that it has not prepared people to comprehend matters concerning human destiny. Norman Cousins Read Quote
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 Read Quote