A casual attitude toward human hurt and pain is the surest sign of educational failure.
Norman CousinsIf there is a conflict between the easy drift of prosperity and the ordeal of peace, the ordeal of peace comes first.
Norman CousinsA human being fashions his consequences as surely as he fashions his goods or his dwelling. Nothing that he says, thinks or does is without consequences.
Norman CousinsRespect for the fragility and importance of an individual life is still the mark of an educated man.
Norman CousinsEducation tends to be diagrammatic and categorical, opening up no sluices in the human imagination on the wonder of the beauty of our unique estate in the cosmos. Little wonder that it becomes so easy for our young to regard human hurt casually or to be uninspired by the magic of sensitivity.
Norman Cousins