"No excuses ever, for anyone; that is my principle at the outset. I deny the good intention, the respectable mistake, the indiscretion, the extenuating circumstance. With me there is no giving of absolution or blessing."

-- Albert Camus

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“The aim of torture is to destroy a person as a human being, to destroy their identity and soul. It is more evil than murder... Today we know that survivors of torture can be helped to regain their health and strength, and in helping them we take the weapon from their torturers. They sought the destruction of other human beings. We have proved that they have not succeeded.”
“Appreciate your surroundings and be grateful for it and that's when good things happen.”
“You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody.”
“By some people the meal itself is a long delay between the appetizer and the dessert.”
“Are we not like two volumes of one book?”
“The pain passes, but the beauty remains.”

Source : "6.o Congreso Internacional de Medicina Fisica: 2-6 julio 1974" by Instituto Nacional de Previsión, (p. 424), 1974.
“Its really easy to get colors right. Its really hard to get black - and neutrals - right. Black is certainly a color but its also an illusion.”
“As you focus on calming your breathing, your anxiety will quickly reduce and you will start to think clearly again. This is especially important if you feel a panic attack coming on.”

Source : Liz Miller (2010). “Mood Mapping: Plot your way to emotional health and happiness”, p.165, Pan Macmillan

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