If the United Nations is to survive, those who represent it must bolster it; those who advocate it must submit to it; and those who believe in it must fight for it.

Quote by Norman Cousins

Topics: Belief Quotes, Nations Quotes, Survival Quotes

Pessimism is a waste of time

Pessimism is a waste of time

A book is like a piece of rope; it takes on meaning only in connection...

A book is like a piece of rope; it takes on meaning only in connection...

My reason nourishes my faith and my faith my reason.

My reason nourishes my faith and my faith my reason.

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...

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...

People who develop the habit of thinking of themselves as world citizens are fulfilling the...

People who develop the habit of thinking of themselves as world citizens are fulfilling the...

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...

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...

Your heaviest artillery will be your will to live. Keep that big gun going.

Your heaviest artillery will be your will to live. Keep that big gun going.

The tragedy of life is in what dies inside a man while he lives -...

The tragedy of life is in what dies inside a man while he lives -...

The eternal quest of the individual human being is to shatter his loneliness.

The eternal quest of the individual human being is to shatter his loneliness.

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.

Cynicism is intellectual treason.

Cynicism is intellectual treason.

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...

The purpose of education is to enable us to develop to the fullest that which...

The purpose of education is to enable us to develop to the fullest that which...

Respect for the fragility and importance of an individual life is still the mark of...

Respect for the fragility and importance of an individual life is still the mark of...

Laughter is a powerful way to tap positive emotions

Laughter is a powerful way to tap positive emotions

Wisdom consists of the anticipation of consequences.

Wisdom consists of the anticipation of consequences.

The law is the last result of human wisdom acting upon human experience for the...

The law is the last result of human wisdom acting upon human experience for the...

The fool wonders, the wise man asks.

The fool wonders, the wise man asks.