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.
Quotes you may like!
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
Some people don’t really know enough to make a pronouncement of doom on a human being. ~ 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
