Pain is part of the body's magic. It is the way the body transmits a sign to the brain that something is wrong. Norman Cousins More Quotes by Norman Cousins More Quotes From Norman Cousins It is well known that panic, despair, depression, hate, rage, exasperation, frustration all produce negative biochemical changes in the body. Norman Cousins frustration hate depression Death is not the enemy; living in constant fear of it is. Norman Cousins constant enemy The essence of man is imperfection. Norman Cousins essence acceptance men Of all the gifts bestowed by nature on human beings, hearty laughter must be close to the top. Norman Cousins laughter humans happiness We are wide-eyed in contemplating the possibility that life may exist elsewhere in the universe, but we wear blinders when contemplating the possibilities of life on earth. Norman Cousins possibility earth may Nature has not been lavish in her endowments, but each person has his or her own potential in terms of achievement and service. The awareness of that potential is the discovery of purpose; the fulfillment of that potential is the discovery of strength. Norman Cousins achievement purpose discovery Belief creates biology. Norman Cousins biodiversity biology belief The tragedy of life is in what dies inside a man while he lives - the death of genuine feeling, the death of inspired response, the awareness that makes it possible to feel the pain or the glory of other men in yourself. Norman Cousins pain men life To talk about the need for perfection in man is to talk about the need for another species. The essence of man is imperfection. Imperfection and blazing contradictions-between mixed good and evil, altruism and selfishness, cooperativeness and combativeness, optimism and fatalism, affirmation and negation. Norman Cousins optimism essence men Integration is a basic law of life; when we resist it, disintegration is the natural result, both inside and outside of us. Thus we come to the concept of harmony through integration. Norman Cousins harmony law natural The physician's ability to reassure the patient is a major factor in activating the body's own healing system. Norman Cousins physicians body healing The physician knows that his little black bag can carry him only so far and that the body's own healing system is the main resource. Norman Cousins physicians black healing The American people today are involved in a warfare more deadly than the war in Vietnam, but few of them seem aware of it and even fewer of them are doing anything about it. This is a war that is being waged against the American environment, against our lands, air, and water, which are the basis of that environment. Norman Cousins land air war If there is a conflict between the easy drift of prosperity and the ordeal of peace, the ordeal of peace comes first. Norman Cousins conflict peace firsts All men - whether they go by the name of Americans or Russians or Chinese or British or Malayans or Indians or Africans - have obligations to one another that transcend their obligations to their sovereign societies. Norman Cousins chinese names men The great challenge of the '90s... is to salvage and improve the UN and to develop it into an agency capable of meeting the wide range of serious problems that are inherent in a world that has become a single geographic unit. Norman Cousins agency challenges world Unobstructed access to facts can produce unlimited good only if it is matched by the desire and ability to find out what they mean and where they lead. Norman Cousins desire mean facts It is no longer correct to regard higher education solely as a privilege. It is a basic right in today's world. Norman Cousins education today world We have learned to live in a world of mistakes and defective products as if they were necessary to life. It is time to adopt a new philosophy in America. Norman Cousins mistake philosophy america All this sensory input, which begins in the brain, has its effect throughout the body. Norman Cousins input body brain
