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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)

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People who develop the habit of thinking of themselves as world citizens are fulfilling the first requirement of sanity in our time.

Editorial (1971)

War is an invention of the human mind. The human mind can invent peace with justice.

Who Speaks for Man? (1953)

The main failure of education is that it has not prepared people to comprehend matters concerning human destiny.

Wisdom consists of the anticipation of consequences.

A book is like a piece of rope; it takes on meaning only in connection with the things it holds together.

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