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

Quote by Norman Cousins

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The only security for the American people today, or for any people, is to be...

The only security for the American people today, or for any people, is to be...

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...

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.

Hope is independent of the apparatus of logic.

Hope is independent of the apparatus of logic.

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 -...

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...

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.

Pessimism is a waste of time

Pessimism is a waste of time

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Laughter is a powerful way to tap positive emotions.

Laughter is a powerful way to tap positive emotions.

Man is young as long as he can repeat his emotions; woman, as long as...

Man is young as long as he can repeat his emotions; woman, as long as...

There are so many tender and holy emotions, flying about in out inward world, which,...

There are so many tender and holy emotions, flying about in out inward world, which,...

Being brokenhearted is like having broken ribs. On the outside it looks like nothing's wrong,...

Being brokenhearted is like having broken ribs. On the outside it looks like nothing's wrong,...

Laughter is an instant vacation.

Laughter is an instant vacation.

The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide...

The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide...