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Norman Cousins was an American journalist, author, and professor. He is renowned for his role as a journalist and his promotion of laughter as a therapeutic method. Born on June 24, 1915, Cousins passed away on November 30, 1990.

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“The physician's ability to reassure the patient is a major factor in activating the body's own healing system.”

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Book:Head First: The Biology of Hope and the Healing Power of the Human Spirit

Source: Head First: The Biology of Hope and the Healing Power of the Human Spirit

“The physician knows that his little black bag can carry him only so far and that the body's own healing system is the main resource.”

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Book:Head First: The Biology of Hope and the Healing Power of the Human Spirit

Source: Head First: The Biology of Hope and the Healing Power of the Human Spirit

“We are becoming a nation of sissies and hypochondriacs, a self medicating society easily intimidated by pain and prone to panic. We understand almost nothing about the essential robustness of the human body or its ability to meet the challenge of illness.”

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Author:Norman Cousins

“The human body experiences a powerful gravitational pull in the direction of hope”

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Author:Norman Cousins

“The greatest force in the human body is the natural drive of the body to heal itself - but that force in not independent of the belief system. Everything begins with belief. What we believe is the most powerful option of all.”

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Author:Norman Cousins

“Pain is part of the body's magic. It is the way the body transmits a sign to the brain that something is wrong.”

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Book:Anatomy of an Illness as Perceived by the Patient: Reflections on Healing and Regeneration

Source: Anatomy of an Illness as Perceived by the Patient: Reflections on Healing and Regeneration

“The human body experiences a powerful gravitational pull in the direction of hope. That is why the patient's hopes are the physician's secret weapon. They are the hidden ingredients in any prescription.”

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Author:Norman Cousins

“It is well known that panic, despair, depression, hate, rage, exasperation, frustration all produce negative biochemical changes in the body.”

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Author:Norman Cousins

“I have learned never to underestimate the capacity of the human mind and body to regenerate - even when prospects seem most wretched. The life force may be the least understood force on earth.”

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Book:Anatomy of an Illness as Perceived by the Patient: Reflections on Healing and Regeneration

Source: Anatomy of an Illness as Perceived by the Patient: Reflections on Healing and Regeneration

“Since the human body tends to move in the direction of its expectations- plus or minus-it is important to know that attitudes of confidence and determination are no less a part of the treatment program than medical science and technology.”

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Author:Norman Cousins

“All this sensory input, which begins in the brain, has its effect throughout the body.”

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Author:Norman Cousins

About the Author

Born: June 24, 1915
Died: November 30, 1990
Known for: Journalist
Quotes: 151

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Anatomy of an Illness as Perceived by the Patient: Reflections on Healing and RegenerationRelated source material

Head First: The Biology of Hope and the Healing Power of the Human SpiritRelated source material

The celebration of life: a dialogue on immortality and infinityRelated source material

Anatomy of an Illness: As Perceived by the PatientRelated source material

Present Tense; an American Editor's OdysseyRelated source material

The Celebration of Life: A Dialogue on Hope, Spirit, and the Immortality of the SoulRelated source material

Who Speaks for Man?Related source material

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