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

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.

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...

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.

The way a book is read, which is to say, the qualities a reader brings...

The way a book is read, which is to say, the qualities a reader brings...

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...

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...

Hearty laughter is a good way to jog internally without having to go outdoors.

Hearty laughter is a good way to jog internally without having to go outdoors.

He who keeps his cool best wins.

He who keeps his cool best wins.

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 -...

My reason nourishes my faith and my faith my reason.

My reason nourishes my faith and my faith my reason.

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...

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...

If something comes to life in others because of you, then you have made an...

If something comes to life in others because of you, then you have made an...

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...

Cynicism is intellectual treason.

Cynicism is intellectual treason.

We will not have peace by afterthought.

We will not have peace by afterthought.

Laughter is a powerful way to tap positive emotions

Laughter is a powerful way to tap positive emotions

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...

Old books, you know well, are books of the world's youth, and new books are...

Old books, you know well, are books of the world's youth, and new books are...

Books open your mind, broaden your mind, and strengthen you as nothing else can.

Books open your mind, broaden your mind, and strengthen you as nothing else can.