Nothing is more powerful than an individual acting out of his conscience, thus helping to bring the collective conscience to life.
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A human being fashions his consequences as surely as he fashions his goods or his dwelling his goods or his dwelling. Nothing that he says, thinks or does is without consequences.Norman Cousins
Government in the U.S. today is a senior partner in every business in the country.
Norman Cousins
If there is a conflict between the security of the sovereign state and the security of the human commonwealth, the human commonwealth comes first. If there is a conflict between the well-being of the nation and the well-being of humanity, the well-being of humanity comes first. If there is a conflict between the needs of this generation and the needs of all later generations, the needs of the later generations come first. If there is a conflict between public edict and private conscience, private conscience comes first. If there is a conflict between the easy drift of prosperity and the ordeal of peace, the ordeal of peace comes first.
Norman Cousins
All this sensory input, which begins in the brain, has its effect throughout the body.
Norman Cousins
In a democracy, the individual enjoys not only the ultimate power but carries the ultimate responsibility
Norman Cousins
Your heaviest artillery will be your will to live. Keep that big gun going.
Norman Cousins
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