Governments are not built to perceive large truths. Only people can perceive great truths. Governments specialize in small and intermediate truths. They have to be instructed by their people in great truths.
Norman CousinsThe main trouble with despair is that it is self-fulfilling. People who fear the worst tend to invite it. Heads that are down can't scan the horizon for new openings. Bursts of energy do not spring from a spirit of defeat. Ultimately, helplessness leads to hopelessness.
Norman CousinsThe possibility of war increases in direct proportion to the effectiveness of the instruments of war.
Norman CousinsYou are younger today than you will ever be again. Make use of it for the sake of tomorrow.
Norman Cousins