Quotes by Cousins, Norman

Hearty laughter is a good way to jog internally without having to go o >>

It makes little difference how many university courses or degrees a pe >>

The individual is capable of both great compassion and great indiffere >>

Quotations about Medicine

The best cure for the body is a quiet mind. >>

Before undergoing a surgical operation, arrange your temporal affairs. >>

Medicines are only fit for old people. >>

Like a celestial chaperon, the placebo leads us through the uncharted passageways of mind and gives us a greater sense of infinity than if we were to spend all our days with our eyes hypnotically glued to the giant telescope at Mt. Palomar. What we see ultimately is that the placebo isn't really necessary and that the mind can carry out its difficult and wondrous missions unprompted by little pills. The placebo is only a tangible object made essential in an age that feels uncomfortable with intangibles, an age that prefers to think that every inner effect must have an outer cause. Since it has size and shape and can be hand-held, the placebo satisfies the contemporary craving for visible mechanisms and visible answers . The placebo, then, is an emissary between the will to live and the body.

Cousins, Norman