On the quality of life: #1. Realize that each human being has a built-in capacity for recuperation and repair. #2. Recognize that the quality of life is all-important. #3. Assume responsibility for the quality of your own life. #4. Nurture the regenerative and restorative forces within you. #5. Utilize laughter to create a mood in which the other positive emotions can be put to work for yourself and those around you. #6. Develop confidence and ability to feel love, hope and faith, and acquire a strong will to live.
Norman CousinsRespect for the fragility and importance of an individual life is still the mark of an educated man.
Norman CousinsPeople are never more insecure than when they become obsessed with their fears at the expense of their dreams.
Norman Cousins