Norman Cousins[1] (June 24, 1915 – November 30, 1990) was an American political journalist, author, professor, and world peace advocate. (wikipedia)
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?
Cynicism is intellectual treason.
Man is not imprisoned by habit. Great changes in him can be wrought by crisis - once that crisis can be recognized and understood.
Optimism doesn't wait on facts. It deals with prospects. Pessimism is a waste of time.
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.
It is well known that panic, despair, depression, hate, rage, exasperation, frustration all produce negative biochemical changes in the body.
Death is not the enemy; living in constant fear of it is.
The essence of man is imperfection.
Of all the gifts bestowed by nature on human beings, hearty laughter must be close to the top.
What people most need now is to apply their conversion skills to those things that are essential for their survival. They need to convert facts into logic, free will into purpose, conscience into decision. They need to convert historical experience into a design for a sane world.