Search
Authors
Tags
Quotes
- Visit Dr. Mardy's iWise Blog
.
View
.
View
.
Tweet :
Yes
|
No
View
.
Tweet :
Yes
|
No
CATEGORIES
#
History and Historians
#
America
#
Conscience
#
Past
#
Literature
#
Reputation
#
Arts and Artists
#
Critics and Criticism
#
Experience
#
Sex
Norman Cousins
: History is a vast early warning system.
# History and Historians
Powerpoint
Wallpaper
Norman Cousins quote-History is a vast early warning system. ...
Wisdom feed seeded by this
quote
Be First To
Pearl S Buck :
"
It is a shameful sign of our arrogance that our history departments have almost no Chinese history in them, our literature courses almost no Chinese literature, our philosophy departments almost none of the great Chinese systems of philosophy. And our religious schools have been the most arrogant of all. This ignorant arrogant mind has become fixed in its patterns. It is the pattern which considers anything not American to be inferior — unless it be English.
"
# History and Historians
Gift it
.
Facebook
·
Email
·
Download
·
·
Bookmark
·
Source
Powerpoint
Wallpaper
Be First To
Jim Rohn :
"
The Bible give us a list of human stories on both sides of the ledger. On list of human stories is used examples -- do what these people did. Another list of human stories is used as warnings -- don't do what these people did. So if your story ever gets in one of these books, make sure they use it as an example, not a warning.
"
# History and Historians
Gift it
.
Facebook
·
Email
·
Download
·
·
Bookmark
·
Source
Powerpoint
Wallpaper
Be First To
Ruth Deech :
"
I would like to create a speedier and more efficient system. Careers and reputations are at stake, and it would be good to be able to inject a sense of calm and transparency into procedures.
"
# History and Historians
Gift it
.
Facebook
·
Email
·
Download
·
·
Bookmark
·
Source
Powerpoint
Wallpaper
89
tweets
H L Mencken :
"
Conscience is the inner voice which warns us that someone may be looking.
"
# History and Historians
Gift it
.
Facebook
·
Email
·
Download
·
·
Bookmark
·
Source
Powerpoint
Wallpaper
Be First To
H L Mencken :
"
Conscience is the inner voice that warns us somebody may be looking.
"
# History and Historians
Gift it
.
Facebook
·
Email
·
Download
·
·
Bookmark
·
Source
Powerpoint
Wallpaper
Be First To
Frank A Clark :
"
A man's conscience, like a warning line on the highway, tells him what he shouldn't do -- but it does not keep him from doing it.
"
# History and Historians
Gift it
.
Facebook
·
Email
·
Download
·
·
Bookmark
·
Source
Powerpoint
Wallpaper
Be First To
Robert J Little :
"
A seared conscience is one whose warning voice has been suppressed and perverted habitually, so that eventually instead of serving as a guide, it only confirms the person in his premeditatedly evil course.
"
# History and Historians
Gift it
.
Facebook
·
Email
·
Download
·
·
Bookmark
·
Source
Powerpoint
Wallpaper
Be First To
Source Unknown :
"
God may forgive your sins, but your nervous system won t.
"
# History and Historians
Gift it
.
Facebook
·
Email
·
Download
·
·
Bookmark
·
Source
Powerpoint
Wallpaper
Be First To
Friedrich Nietzsche :
"
Again and again I am brought up against it, and again and again I resist it: I don't want to believe it, even though it is almost palpable: the vast majority lack an intellectual conscience; indeed, it often seems to me that to demand such a thing is to be in the most populous cities as solitary as in the desert.
"
# History and Historians
Gift it
.
Facebook
·
Email
·
Download
·
·
Bookmark
·
Source
Powerpoint
Wallpaper
4
tweets
Wesley Clark :
"
I think General Eisenhower was exactly right, I think we should be concerned about the military-industrial complex. I think if you look at where the country is today you've consolidated all these defense firms into just a few large firms — like Halliburton — and with contracts and contacts at the top level of government. You've got most of the retired generals are one way or another associated with the defense firms — that's the reason that you'll find very few of them speaking out in any public way — I'm not. When I got out I determined I wasn't going to sell arms, I was going to do as little as possible with the Department of Defense because I just figured it was time to make a new start. But I think the military-industrial complex does wield a lot of influence — I'd like to see us create a different complex. And I'm going to be talking about foreign policy in a major speech tomorrow, but we need to create an agency that is not about waging war but about creating conditions for peace around the world. We need some people who will be advocates for peace, advocates for economic development abroad, not just advocates for better weapon systems. So we need to create countervailing power to the military-industrial complex.
"
# History and Historians
Gift it
.
Facebook
·
Email
·
Download
·
·
Bookmark
·
Source
Powerpoint
Wallpaper
Norman Cousins Wisdom feed
233
tweets
Norman Cousins:
"
Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live.
"
# Death and Dying
Gift it
.
Facebook
·
Email
·
Download
.
·
Bookmark
·
Source
·
Powerpoint
Wallpaper
131
tweets
Norman Cousins:
"
Life is an adventure in forgiveness.
"
# Forgiveness
Gift it
.
Facebook
·
Email
·
Download
.
·
Bookmark
·
Source
·
Powerpoint
Wallpaper
99
tweets
Norman Cousins:
"
Laughter is inner jogging.
"
# Laughter
Gift it
.
Facebook
·
Email
·
Download
.
·
Bookmark
·
Source
·
Powerpoint
Wallpaper
50
tweets
Norman Cousins:
"
Respect for the fragility and importance of an individual life is still the mark of an educated man.
"
# Education
Gift it
.
Facebook
·
Email
·
Download
.
·
Bookmark
·
Source
·
Powerpoint
Wallpaper
48
tweets
Norman Cousins:
"
The main failure of education is that it has not prepared people to comprehend matters concerning human destiny.
"
# Education
Gift it
.
Facebook
·
Email
·
Download
.
·
Bookmark
·
Source
·
Powerpoint
Wallpaper
41
tweets
Norman Cousins:
"
History is a vast early warning system.
"
# History and Historians
Gift it
.
Facebook
·
Email
·
Download
.
·
Bookmark
·
Source
·
Powerpoint
Wallpaper
38
tweets
Norman Cousins:
"
The tragedy of life is in what dies inside a man while he lives -- the death of genuine feeling, the death of inspired response, the awareness that makes it possible to feel the pain or the glory of other men in yourself.
"
# Tragedies
# Death and Dying
# Life and Living
Gift it
.
Facebook
·
Email
·
Download
.
·
Bookmark
·
Source
·
Powerpoint
Wallpaper
36
tweets
Norman Cousins:
"
Wisdom consists of the anticipation of consequences.
"
# Wisdom
Gift it
.
Facebook
·
Email
·
Download
.
·
Bookmark
·
Source
·
Powerpoint
Wallpaper
22
tweets
Norman Cousins:
"
Free will and determinism are like a game of cards. The hand that is dealt you is determinism. The way you play your hand is free will.
"
# Will and Will Power
# Freedom
# Competition
Gift it
.
Facebook
·
Email
·
Download
.
·
Bookmark
·
Source
·
Powerpoint
Wallpaper
11
tweets
Norman Cousins:
"
Hearty laughter is a good way to jog internally without having to go outdoors.
"
# Laughter
Gift it
.
Facebook
·
Email
·
Download
.
·
Bookmark
·
Source
·
Powerpoint
Wallpaper
Gift it
![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=47499&author=Norman Cousins"e=History+is+a+vast+early+warning+system.&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2FauthorIcons%2F2130%2FNorman_Cousins_64x64.png){kind=link}
![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=72051&author=Pearl S Buck"e=It+is+a+shameful+sign+of+our+arrogance+that+our+history+departments+have+almost+no+Chinese+history+in+them%2C+our+literature+courses+almost+no+Chinese+literature%2C+our+philosophy+departments+almost+none+of+the+great+Chinese+systems+of+philosophy.+And+our+religious+schools+have+been+the+most+arrogant+of+all.%0AThis+ignorant+arrogant+mind+has+become+fixed+in+its+patterns.+It+is+the+pattern+which+considers+anything+not+American+to+be+inferior+%E2%80%94+unless+it+be+English.%0A&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2FauthorIcons%2F13095%2FPearl+S_Buck_64x64.png){kind=link}
![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=27124&author=Jim Rohn"e=++The+Bible+give+us+a+list+of+human+stories+on+both+sides+of+the+ledger.+On+list+of+human+stories+is+used+examples+--+do+what+these+people+did.+Another+list+of+human+stories+is+used+as+warnings+--+don%27t+do+what+these+people+did.+So+if+your+story+ever+gets+in+one+of+these+books%2C+make+sure+they+use+it+as+an+example%2C+not+a+warning.&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2FauthorIcons%2F699%2FJim+Rohn_64x64.png){kind=link}
![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=78735&author=Ruth Deech"e=I+would+like+to+create+a+speedier+and+more+efficient+system.+Careers+and+reputations+are+at+stake%2C+and+it+would+be+good+to+be+able+to+inject+a+sense+of+calm+and+transparency+into+procedures.&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2FauthorIcons%2F13737%2FRuth+Deech_64x64.png){kind=link}
![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=41121&author=H L Mencken"e=++Conscience+is+the+inner+voice+which+warns+us+that+someone+may+be+looking.&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2FauthorIcons%2F14574%2FH++L+Mencken_64x64.png){kind=link}
![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=45230&author=H L Mencken"e=Conscience+is+the+inner+voice+that+warns+us+somebody+may+be+looking.&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2FauthorIcons%2F8014%2FH+L+Mencken_64x64.png){kind=link}
![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=41088&author=Frank A Clark"e=++A+man%27s+conscience%2C+like+a+warning+line+on+the+highway%2C+tells+him+what+he+shouldn%27t+do+--+but+it+does+not+keep+him+from+doing+it.&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2FauthorIcons%2F8913%2FFrank+A_Clark_64x64.png){kind=link}
![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=41118&author=Robert J Little"e=++A+seared+conscience+is+one+whose+warning+voice+has+been+suppressed+and+perverted+habitually%2C+so+that+eventually+instead+of+serving+as+a+guide%2C+it+only+confirms+the+person+in+his+premeditatedly+evil+course.&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2FauthorIcons%2F7740%2FRobert+J_Little_64x64.png){kind=link}
![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=41145&author=Source Unknown"e=++God+may+forgive+your+sins%2C+but+your+nervous+system+won+t.&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2Fimages_web%2Fauthor_no_icon.png){kind=link}
![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=41126&author=Friedrich Nietzsche"e=++Again+and+again+I+am+brought+up+against+it%2C+and+again+and+again+I+resist+it%3A+I+don%27t+want+to+believe+it%2C+even+though+it+is+almost+palpable%3A+the+vast+majority+lack+an+intellectual+conscience%3B+indeed%2C+it+often+seems+to+me+that+to+demand+such+a+thing+is+to+be+in+the+most+populous+cities+as+solitary+as+in+the+desert.&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2FauthorIcons%2F21%2FFriedrich+Wilhelm_Nietzsche_64x64.png){kind=link}
![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=76082&author=Wesley Clark"e=I+think+General+Eisenhower+was+exactly+right%2C+I+think+we+should+be+concerned+about+the+military-industrial+complex.+I+think+if+you+look+at+where+the+country+is+today+you%27ve+consolidated+all+these+defense+firms+into+just+a+few+large+firms+%E2%80%94+like+Halliburton+%E2%80%94+and+with+contracts+and+contacts+at+the+top+level+of+government.+You%27ve+got+most+of+the+retired+generals+are+one+way+or+another+associated+with+the+defense+firms+%E2%80%94+that%27s+the+reason+that+you%27ll+find+very+few+of+them+speaking+out+in+any+public+way+%E2%80%94+I%27m+not.+When+I+got+out+I+determined+I+wasn%27t+going+to+sell+arms%2C+I+was+going+to+do+as+little+as+possible+with+the+Department+of+Defense+because+I+just+figured+it+was+time+to+make+a+new+start.+But+I+think+the+military-industrial+complex+does+wield+a+lot+of+influence+%E2%80%94+I%27d+like+to+see+us+create+a+different+complex.+And+I%27m+going+to+be+talking+about+foreign+policy+in+a+major+speech+tomorrow%2C+but+we+need+to+create+an+agency+that+is+not+about+waging+war+but+about+creating+conditions+for+peace+around+the+world.+We+need+some+people+who+will+be+advocates+for+peace%2C+advocates+for+economic+development+abroad%2C+not+just+advocates+for+better+weapon+systems.+So+we+need+to+create+countervailing+power+to+the+military-industrial+complex.%0A&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2FauthorIcons%2F13628%2FWesley_Clark_64x64.png){kind=link}
![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=47501&author=Norman Cousins"e=Death+is+not+the+greatest+loss+in+life.+The+greatest+loss+is+what+dies+inside+us+while+we+live.&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2FauthorIcons%2F2130%2FNorman_Cousins_64x64.png){kind=link}
![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=47502&author=Norman Cousins"e=Life+is+an+adventure+in+forgiveness.&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2FauthorIcons%2F2130%2FNorman_Cousins_64x64.png){kind=link}
![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=61633&author=Norman Cousins"e=Laughter+is+inner+jogging.&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2FauthorIcons%2F2130%2FNorman_Cousins_64x64.png){kind=link}
![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=47500&author=Norman Cousins"e=Respect+for+the+fragility+and+importance+of+an+individual+life+is+still+the+mark+of+an+educated+man.&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2FauthorIcons%2F2130%2FNorman_Cousins_64x64.png){kind=link}
![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=47504&author=Norman Cousins"e=The+main+failure+of+education+is+that+it+has+not+prepared+people+to+comprehend+matters+concerning+human+destiny.&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2FauthorIcons%2F2130%2FNorman_Cousins_64x64.png){kind=link}
![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=35267&author=Norman Cousins"e=++The+tragedy+of+life+is+in+what+dies+inside+a+man+while+he+lives+--+the+death+of+genuine+feeling%2C+the+death+of+inspired+response%2C+the+awareness+that+makes+it+possible+to+feel+the+pain+or+the+glory+of+other+men+in+yourself.&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2FauthorIcons%2F2130%2FNorman_Cousins_64x64.png){kind=link}
![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=117233&author=Norman Cousins"e=Wisdom+consists+of+the+anticipation+of+consequences.&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2FauthorIcons%2F2130%2FNorman_Cousins_64x64.png){kind=link}
![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=37203&author=Norman Cousins"e=++Free+will+and+determinism+are+like+a+game+of+cards.+The+hand+that+is+dealt+you+is+determinism.+The+way+you+play+your+hand+is+free+will.&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2FauthorIcons%2F2130%2FNorman_Cousins_64x64.png){kind=link}
![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=13974&author=Norman Cousins"e=++Hearty+laughter+is+a+good+way+to+jog+internally+without+having+to+go+outdoors.&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2FauthorIcons%2F2130%2FNorman_Cousins_64x64.png){kind=link}