Ten minutes of genuine belly laughter had an anesthetic effect and would give me at least two hours of pain-free sleep.
Norman CousinsAll this sensory input, which begins in the brain, has its effect throughout the body.
Norman CousinsPain is part of the body's magic. It is the way the body transmits a sign to the brain that something is wrong.
Norman CousinsFortunately or otherwise we live at a time when the average individual has to know several times as much in order to keep informed as he did only thirty or forty years ago. Being "educated" today requires not only more than a superficial knowledge of the arts and sciences, but a sense of inter-relationship such as is taught in few schools. Finally, being "educated" today, in terms of the larger needs, means preparation for world citizenship; in short, education for survival.
Norman Cousins