The way a book is read - which is to say, the qualities a reader brings to a book - can have as much to do with its worth as anything the author puts in it. Anyone who can read,…

Quote by Norman Cousins

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Wisdom consists of the anticipation of consequences.

Wisdom consists of the anticipation of consequences.

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 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 -...

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...

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.

Hope is independent of the apparatus of logic.

Hope is independent of the apparatus of logic.

Government in the U.S. today is a senior partner in every business in the country.

Government in the U.S. today is a senior partner in every business in the country.

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...

Cynicism is intellectual treason.

Cynicism is intellectual treason.

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 powerful way to tap positive emotions

Laughter is a powerful way to tap positive emotions

Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside...

Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside...

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...

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.

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...

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 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...

From your parents you learn love and laughter and how to put one foot before...

From your parents you learn love and laughter and how to put one foot before...

Books choose their authors; the act of creation is not entirely a rational and conscious...

Books choose their authors; the act of creation is not entirely a rational and conscious...

Next to acquiring good friends, the best acquisition is that of good books.

Next to acquiring good friends, the best acquisition is that of good books.