Just as there is no loss of basic energy in the universe, so no thought or action is without its effects, present or ultimate, seen or unseen, felt or unfelt. ~ Norman Cousins 

The way a book is read – which is to say, the qualities a reader brings to a book – can have as much to do with its worth as anything the author puts into it. ~ Norman Cousins 

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

People who develop the habit of thinking of themselves as world citizens are fulfilling the first requirement of sanity in our time. ~ 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 

War is an invention of the human mind. The human mind can also invent peace with justice. ~ Norman Cousins 

The capacity for hope is the most significant fact of life. It provides human beings with a sense of destination and the energy to get started. ~ Norman Cousins 

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

Respect for the fragility and importance of an individual life is still the mark of an educated man. ~ Norman Cousins 

If something comes to life in others because of you, then you have made an approach to immortality. ~ Norman Cousins