Categorie: English proverbs and sayings in pictures

We come into this world head first and go out feet first; in between, it is all a matter of balance.

Benoîte Groult: (Paris, 31 January 1920 – Hyeres, 20 June 2016) French feminist writer. Passion is an all-consuming desire for the other. That disappears when you are with someone on a daily basis. Most people only dream of passion, others have less need for it, they are loyal and not so adventurous. In the end,… Lees verder Benoîte Groult

What you keep to yourself you lose, what you give away, you keep forever.

The most basic of all human needs is the need to understand and be understood.

When you dance to your own rhythm, people may not understand you; they may even hate you. But mostly they’ll wish they had the courage to do the same.

Healing is a choice. It is not an easy one because it takes work to turn around your habits. But keep making the choice and shifts will happen.

No, we don’t need more sleep. It’s our souls that are tired, not our bodies. We need nature. We need Magic. We need adventure. We need freedom. We need truth. We need stillness. We don’t need more sleep, we need to wake up and live.

A considerable percentage of the people we meet on the street are people who are empty inside, that is, they are actually already dead. It is fortunate for us that we do not see and do not know it. If we knew what a number of people are actually deadand what a number of these… Lees verder George Ivanovitsj Gurdjieff

He said that those who have endured some misfortune will always be set apart but that it is just that misfortune which is their gift and which is their strength.

Gilbert Keith Chesterton: (London, 29 May 1874 – Beaconsfield, 14 June 1936). English man of letters and journalist. In his writings, he defended the dignity of the human person against all manner of ‘isms’. His sharp, humour-laden attacks earned him great popularity, but also numerous enemies. His best-known works are Orthodoxy (1908), The Everlasting Man… Lees verder Gilbert Keith Chesterton