A human being fashions his consequences as surely as he fashions his goods or his dwelling his goods or his dwelling. Nothing that he says, thinks or does is without consequences.
Norman Cousins

He who keeps his cool best wins.
Norman Cousins

Life is an adventure in forgiveness.
Norman Cousins

Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live.
Norman Cousins

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

History is a vast early warning system.
Norman Cousins

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

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