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Norman Cousins Inspirational Quotes (77)

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It is well known that panic, despair, depression, hate, rage, exasperation, frustration all produce negative biochemical changes in the body.
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Optimism doesn't wait on facts. It deals with prospects. Pessimism is a waste of time.
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The purpose of education is to enable us to develop to the fullest that which is inside us
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We have everything we need, in fact, except the most important thing of all — time to think and the habit of thought.
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Although a man may have no jurisdiction over the fact of his existence, he can hold supreme command over the meaning of existence for him.
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Where is the indignation about the fact that the US and USSR have thirty thousand pounds of destructive force for every human being in the world?
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Since the human body tends to move in the direction of its expectations- plus or minus-it is important to know that attitudes of confidence and determination are no less a part of the treatment program than medical science and technology.
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Ten minutes of genuine belly laughter had an anesthetic effect and would give me at least two hours of pain-free sleep.
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Education fails unless the Three R's at one end of the school spectrum lead ultimately to the Four P's at the other-Preparati on for Earning, Preparation for Living, Preparation for Understanding, Preparation for Participation in the problems involved in the making of a better world.
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The essence of man is imperfection. Failure is simply a price we pay to achieve success. If we learn to embrace that new definition of failure, then we are free to start moving ahead - and failing forward.
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The old emphasis upon superficial differences that separate peoples must give way to education for citizenship in the human community.
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He who keeps his cool best wins.
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Laughter serves as a blocking agent. Like a bullet-proof vest, it may help protect you against the ravages of negative emotions that can assault you in disease.
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Drugs are not always necessary. Belief in recovery always is.
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Nothing is more essential in the treatment of serious disease than the liberation of the patient from panic and foreboding.
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You are younger today than you will ever be again. Make use of it for the sake of tomorrow.
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It is no longer correct to regard higher education solely as a privilege. It is a basic right in today's world.
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Assume responsibility for the quality of your own life
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A casual attitude toward human hurt and pain is the surest sign of educational failure.
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People are never more insecure than when they become obsessed with their fears at the expense of their dreams.
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If there is a conflict between the easy drift of prosperity and the ordeal of peace, the ordeal of peace comes first.
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Government in the U.S. today is a senior partner in every business in the country.
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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.
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We will not have peace by afterthought.
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