Antoine Gerard Theodore (Toon) Hermans:
(Sittard, 17 December 1916 – Nieuwegein, 22 April 2000) Dutch cabaret artist, singer, painter and poet. He is considered one of the ‘Big Three of post-World War II Dutch cabaret’, along with Wim Sonneveld and Wim Kan.
When you are young, you hardly get a chance to know who you are because others will tell you that all the time.
In het drama in ons roept de ziel om hulp. Om uitkomst, om oplossing, om vriendschap, om liefde…om God
By seeking truth you àre, not by what you have found.
Some people only live to be about 7 years old, others 100 and not a penny of pain. Sometimes when I think about life I think; I could have been the one of 7 too…..
Heaven gives, who catches who has.
You don’t die all at once, but every now and then a little bit. And all the bits you die, ‘tis strange, but you forget them. It often escapes you yourself, you say I’m a bit tired. But then one day you’re down to your last bit.
Love is being on the way to: finding yourself in each other.
Never leave without greeting, never leave without a kiss. Those who will meet fate cannot do it tomorrow.
Those who have the truth need be neither clever nor cunning.
Life is a favour, knowing how is an art.
