Categorie: English proverbs and sayings in pictures

John Hoyer Updike: (March 18, 1932 – January 27, 2009). American novelist, poet, short-story writer, art critic, and literary critic. One of only four writers to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction more than once (the others being Booth Tarkington, William Faulkner, and Colson Whitehead), Updike published more than twenty novels, more than a dozen… Lees verder John Updike

Aneurin Bevan: (Tredegar, Monmouthshire, Wales, 15 November 1897 – London, 6 July 1960). Better known as Nye Bevan, was a British socialist politician for the Labour Party, and founder of the British health system (National Health Service, ‘NHS’). Bevan was seen as Winston Churchill’s direct political opponent. If freedom is to be saved and enlarged,… Lees verder Aneurin Bevan

Djuna Barnes: (Cornwall-on-Hudson, Orange County in New York State, 12 June 1892 – New York, 18 June 1982). American writer of novels, short stories and plays, poet and journalist. She also made illustrations, initially in a style borrowed directly from Aubrey Beardsley, later in a more personal form. She also painted, but stopped doing so… Lees verder Djuna Barnes

Isaac Newton: (Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth, 4 January 1643 – Kensington, 31 March 1727) (Julian calendar: 25 December 1642 – 20 March 1727). English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, natural philosopher, alchemist, official mint master and theologian. In mathematics, he is partly responsible for further developing the analysis of differential calculus and integral calculus (with Leibniz). He also developed Newton’s… Lees verder Isaac Newton

The unconscious constantly murmurs, and it is by listening to its murmurs that we hear its truth.

Henry Thomas Buckle: (London 24 November 1821 – 29 May 1862). English historian and the author of History of Civilisation. They who do not feel the darkness, will never look for the light. People can never be free if they are not raised to freedom.

Jane Austen: (Steventon, 16 December 1775 – Winchester, 18 July 1817). Prominent English novelist whose work is now part of the Western literary canon. The form and dramatic content of her fiction are a stark contrast to the reclusive life she led in reality. Her realism, biting social commentary and her use of free indirect… Lees verder Jane Austen

Home is sometimes coming back to yourself. When all has been forgotten and you feel lost. It is the moment you realize darkness holds as much beauty as light. When you remember the feeling of bare hands in snow, the first smell of spring, and the importance of letting kind people in. Home is rising… Lees verder Courtney Peppernell

Patrick Mundus: Born: 1961 Life & Spiritual Coach, residing in Spain. Never confuse education with intelligence, nor intelligence with wisdom. You can look for bright spots. Even better is to be one yourself… Nobody is perfect. But you can always be perfectly yourself. The Source of all Love lives in your Heart. It’s that simple.… Lees verder Patrick Mundus

Only through our connectedness to others can we really know and enhance the self. And only through working on the self can we begin to enhance our connectedness to others.