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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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...

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...

Pessimism is a waste of time

Pessimism is a waste of time

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 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...

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...

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.

A library is the delivery room for the birth of ideas, a place where history...

A library is the delivery room for the birth of ideas, a place where history...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Hope is independent of the apparatus of logic.

Hope is independent of the apparatus of logic.

History is a vast early warning system.

History is a vast early warning system.

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...

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...