Life is an adventure in forgiveness.

Quote by Norman Cousins

Topics: Forgiveness Quotes

The more serious the illness, the more important it is for you to fight back,...

The more serious the illness, the more important it is for you to fight back,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Nothing is more powerful than an individual acting out of his conscience, thus helping to...

Nothing is more powerful than an individual acting out of his conscience, thus helping to...

If the United Nations is to survive, those who represent it must bolster it; those...

If the United Nations is to survive, those who represent it must bolster it; those...

He who keeps his cool best wins.

He who keeps his cool best wins.

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...

History is a vast early warning system.

History is a vast early warning system.

It makes little difference how many university courses or degrees a person may own. If...

It makes little difference how many university courses or degrees a person may own. If...

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...

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...

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.

My reason nourishes my faith and my faith my reason.

My reason nourishes my faith and my faith my reason.

Cynicism is intellectual treason.

Cynicism is intellectual treason.

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...

Laughter is a powerful way to tap positive emotions.

Laughter is a powerful way to tap positive emotions.

People don't ask for facts in making up their minds. They would rather have one...

People don't ask for facts in making up their minds. They would rather have one...

The economics of emotions will not allow a man to remain in love for too...

The economics of emotions will not allow a man to remain in love for too...

The emotion that can break your heart is sometimes the very one that heals it...

The emotion that can break your heart is sometimes the very one that heals it...

It is a fair, even-handed, noble adjustment of things, that while there is infection in...

It is a fair, even-handed, noble adjustment of things, that while there is infection in...

People deal too much with the negative, with what is wrong...Why not try and see...

People deal too much with the negative, with what is wrong...Why not try and see...