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 into it.

Quote by Norman Cousins

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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...

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 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...

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 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...

Cynicism is intellectual treason.

Cynicism is intellectual treason.

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...

Laughter is a powerful way to tap positive emotions

Laughter is a powerful way to tap positive emotions

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...

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...

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 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...

History is a vast early warning system.

History is a vast early warning system.

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...

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...

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...

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.

Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up,...

Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up,...

The art of government is the organization of idolatry

The art of government is the organization of idolatry

For Forms of Government let fools contest; whatever is best administered is best.

For Forms of Government let fools contest; whatever is best administered is best.