Norman Cousins

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

“The main failure of education is that it has not prepared people to comprehend matters concerning human destiny.”

“He who keeps his cool best wins.”

“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.”

“Man is not imprisoned by habit. Great changes in him can be wrought by crisis - once that crisis can be recognized and understood.”

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