Just as there is no loss of basic energy in the universe, so no thought or action is without its effects, present or ultimate, seen or unseen, felt or unfelt.

He edited the high school paper "The Square Deal" where his editing abilities were already in evidence. He wrote a collection of best-selling non-fiction books on illness and healing as well as a 1980 autobiographical memoir Human Options: An Autobiographical Notebook. "When the pain-killing effect of the laughter wore off we would switch on the motion picture projector again and not infrequently it would lead to another pain-free interval.

Norman Cousins (June 24 1915 – November 30 1990) was an American political journalist author professor and world peace advocate.