Never deny a diagnosis, but do deny the negative verdict that may go with it.
Norman CousinsRead
Respect for the fragility and importance of an individual life is still the mark of an educated man.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Valuing every individual's life is a sign of true education and understanding.
This quote by Norman Cousins emphasizes that a true educated person recognizes the significance of each individual life, acknowledging both its fragility and importance. It suggests that education should lead to a deeper appreciation for humanity and the inherent value each person holds.
Themes
EducationRespectLifeIndividualImportanceFragility
In practice
Example use cases
A teacher might use this quote to emphasize the importance of empathy in their classroom.
More from Norman Cousins
All quotes βAlthough a man may have no jurisdiction over the fact of his existence, he can hold supreme command over the meaning of existence for him.
Norman CousinsRead
People are never more insecure than when they become obsessed with their fears at the expense of their dreams.
Norman CousinsRead
Reverence for life is more than solicitude or sensitivity for life. It is a sense of the whole, a capacity for inspired response, a respect for the intricate universe of individual life. It is the supreme awareness of awareness itself.
Norman CousinsRead
Drugs are not always necessary. Belief in recovery always is.
Norman CousinsRead
The individual is capable of both great compassion and great indifference. He has it within his means to nourish the former and outgrow the latter.
Norman CousinsRead
Similar quotes
I believe in the power of ideas, I believe in the power of books, but you have to give them time.
Thomas PikettyRead
To be able to be caught up into the world of thought - that is being educated.
Edith HamiltonRead
Kids not only need to read a lot but they need lots of books they can read right at their fingertips.They also need access to books that entice them, attract them to reading. Schools...can make it easy and unrisky for children to take books home for the evening or weekend by worrying less about losing books to children and more about losing children to illiteracy.
Richard AllingtonRead
When you have mastered numbers, you will in fact no longer be reading numbers, any more than you read words when reading books You will be reading meanings.
W. E. B. Du BoisRead
Study as if you were going to live forever; live as if you were going to die tomorrow.
Maria MitchellRead
If a nation's literature declines, the nation atrophies and decays.
Ezra PoundRead