The human body experiences a powerful gravitational pull in the direction of hope. That is why the patient's hopes are the physician's secret weapon. They are the hidden ingredients in any prescription.

Quote by Norman Cousins

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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 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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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.

Hope is independent of the apparatus of logic.

Hope is independent of the apparatus of logic.

We will not have peace by afterthought.

We will not have peace by afterthought.

Pessimism is a waste of time

Pessimism is a waste of time

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

I have offered teachings and practices in 35 countries, and yet in Vietnam, my books...

I have offered teachings and practices in 35 countries, and yet in Vietnam, my books...

Metallica mythos...distilled the essences of the comic books and horror movies and the fantastic literature...

Metallica mythos...distilled the essences of the comic books and horror movies and the fantastic literature...