Norman Cousins: Quotes about life

Norman Cousins was American journalist. Explore interesting quotes on life.
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“Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies within us while we live.”

Norman Cousins

Quoted in History of Sikh Struggles (1989) by Gurmit Singh, p. 189.

Life , Death , Loss

“A library, to modify the famous metaphor of Socrates, should be the delivery room for the birth of ideas — a place where history comes to life.”

Norman Cousins

American Library Association Bulletin (Oct 1954).

Life , History , Idea , Birth

“Far more real than the ticking of time is the way we open up the minutes and invest them with meaning. Death is not the ultimate tragedy in life. The ultimate tragedy is to die without discovering the possibilities of full growth.”

Norman Cousins

Quoted in Good Housekeeping (November 1989), p. 92.
Context: Hope, faith, love and a strong will to live offer no promise of immortality, only proof of our uniqueness ans human beings and the opportunity to experience full growth even under the grimmest circumstances. Far more real than the ticking of time is the way we open up the minutes and invest them with meaning. Death is not the ultimate tragedy in life. The ultimate tragedy is to die without discovering the possibilities of full growth.

Life , Death , Way , Time

“If something comes to life in others because of you, then you have made an approach to immortality.”

Norman Cousins

Anatomy of an Illness (1979)

Life