Norman Cousins
Norman Cousins was an American political journalist, author, professor, and world peace through world state advocate.
Career Journey
Background
- Born in
- West Hoboken
- Educated at
- Columbia UniversityTeachers CollegeTheodore Roosevelt High School
- Awards
- 🏆 Albert Schweitzer Prize for Humanitarianism🏆 Helmerich Award🏆 United Nations Peace Medal
Trending & Selected Quotes
Trending topics shown first"War is an invention of the human mind. The human mind can invent peace with justice."
"The eternal quest of the individual human being is to shatter his loneliness."
"A library, to modify the famous metaphor of Socrates, should be the delivery room for the birth of ideas — a place where history comes to life."
"If the United Nations is to survive, those who represent it must bolster it; those who advocate it must submit to it; and those who believe in it must fight for it."
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Timeline
1915
Born
Birth1990
Died
Death
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