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

Quote by Norman Cousins

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The capacity for hope is the most significant fact of life. It provides human beings...

The capacity for hope is the most significant fact of life. It provides human beings...

Man is not imprisoned by habit. Great changes in him can be wrought by crisis...

Man is not imprisoned by habit. Great changes in him can be wrought by crisis...

Just as there is no loss of basic energy in the universe, so no thought...

Just as there is no loss of basic energy in the universe, so no thought...

In a democracy, the individual enjoys not only the ultimate power but carries the ultimate...

In a democracy, the individual enjoys not only the ultimate power but carries the ultimate...

Pessimism is a waste of time

Pessimism is a waste of time

Laughter is a powerful way to tap positive emotions

Laughter is a powerful way to tap positive emotions

Ten minutes of genuine belly laughter had an anesthetic effect and would give me at...

Ten minutes of genuine belly laughter had an anesthetic effect and would give me at...

Where is the indignation about the fact that the US and USSR have thirty thousand...

Where is the indignation about the fact that the US and USSR have thirty thousand...

Life is an adventure in forgiveness.

Life is an adventure in forgiveness.

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

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

Laughter is a powerful way to tap positive emotions.

Laughter is a powerful way to tap positive emotions.

A library, to modify the famous metaphor of Socrates, should be the delivery room for...

A library, to modify the famous metaphor of Socrates, should be the delivery room for...

It is reasonable to expect the doctor to recognize that science may not have all...

It is reasonable to expect the doctor to recognize that science may not have all...

Optimism doesn't wait on facts. It deals with prospects. Pessimism is a waste of time.

Optimism doesn't wait on facts. It deals with prospects. Pessimism is a waste of time.

A library, to modify the famous metaphor of Socrates, should be the delivery room for...

A library, to modify the famous metaphor of Socrates, should be the delivery room for...

What was most significant about the lunar voyage was not that men set foot on...

What was most significant about the lunar voyage was not that men set foot on...

Laughter is a form of internal jogging. It moves your internal organs around. It enhances...

Laughter is a form of internal jogging. It moves your internal organs around. It enhances...

The main failure of education is that it has not prepared people to comprehend matters...

The main failure of education is that it has not prepared people to comprehend matters...

The supreme end of education is expert discernment in all things--the power to tell the...

The supreme end of education is expert discernment in all things--the power to tell the...

Yeah. Well. Whatever. You can't teach God anything.

Yeah. Well. Whatever. You can't teach God anything.