El Salam Quotes & Sayings

How do you know that what you perceive is not an illusion? — Jim Elvidge

Because most of these patients suffered from alexithymia, it was not easy for them to report their response to the treatments. But their actions spoke for them: They consistently showed up on time for their appointments, even if they had to drive through snowstorms. None of them dropped out, and at the end of the full twenty sessions, we could document significant improvements not only in their PTSD scores,10 but also in their interpersonal comfort, emotional balance, and self-awareness.11 They were less frantic, they slept better, and they felt calmer and more focused. In any case, self-reports can be unreliable; objective changes in behavior are much better indicators of how well treatment works. — Bessel A. Van Der Kolk

Scholars dream of finding small facts pregnant with great progeny. — Mason Cooley

What is called honors and dignities, and even honor and dignity, is generally fool's gold. — Victor Hugo

Government is instituted to protect property of every sort; as well that which lies in the various rights of individuals, as that which the term particularly expresses. This being the end of government, that alone is a just government which impartially secures to every man whatever is his own. — James Madison