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

— Norman Cousins

A library is the delivery room for the birth of ideas, a place where history comes to life.

— 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.

— Norman Cousins

Capitalism in the United States has undergone profound modification not just under the New Deal but through a consensus that continued to grow after the New Deal. Government in the U.S. today is a senior partner in every business in the country.

— Norman Cousins

Death is not the enemy living in constant fear of it is.

— Norman Cousins

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

— Norman Cousins

Don't defy the diagnosis try to defy the verdict.

— Norman Cousins

Each patient carries his own doctor inside him.

— Norman Cousins

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

— Norman Cousins

Hearty laughter is a good way to jog internally without having to go outdoors.

— Norman Cousins