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

Quote by Norman Cousins

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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...

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...

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...

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

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

History is a vast early warning system.

History is a vast early warning system.

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.

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...

Laughter is a powerful way to tap positive emotions.

Laughter is a powerful way to tap positive emotions.

Pessimism is a waste of time

Pessimism is a waste of time

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.

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...

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,...

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...

People are never more insecure than when they become obsessed with their fears at the...

People are never more insecure than when they become obsessed with their fears at the...

The human body experiences a powerful gravitational pull in the direction of hope. That is...

The human body experiences a powerful gravitational pull in the direction of hope. That is...

A human being fashions his consequences as surely as he fashions his goods or his...

A human being fashions his consequences as surely as he fashions his goods or his...

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...

A pulse in the eternal mind, no less, gives somewhere back the thoughts by England...

A pulse in the eternal mind, no less, gives somewhere back the thoughts by England...

And let that day be lost to us on which we did not dance once!...

And let that day be lost to us on which we did not dance once!...

There is always a secret irritation about a laugh in which we cannot join

There is always a secret irritation about a laugh in which we cannot join