Categorie: English proverbs and sayings in pictures

The greatest crimes in the world are not committed by people breaking the rules but by people following the rules. It’s people who follow orders that drop bombs and massacre villages.

You’re important. You deserve to speak up and have people shut the hell up and listen to you.

The true man knows that what is far can also be found near.

Today is the tomorrow I worried about yesterday, and all is well.

Howard Zinn: (Brooklyn, 24 August 1922 – Santa Monica, 27 January 2010) Influential American historian of left-wing persuasion. Zinn was a professor at Boston University. He received several awards for his work. His best-known book is A people’s history of the United States, in which he looks at the birth of the United States through… Lees verder Howard Zinn

From every place the descent to the underworld is the same.

Cornelis (Kees) Boeke: (Alkmaar, 25 September 1884 – Amsterdam, 3 July 1966). Dutch pedagogue with his own vision of education. In 1926, together with Beatrice Cadbury, he founded his own school, the Werkplaats Kindergemeenschap (WP) in Bilthoven. In it, he developed his own vision of education, which included the joint participation of pupils and teachers… Lees verder Kees Boeke

Much knowledge does not bring wisdom. One cannot step into the same river twice. To be evenminded is the greatest virtue. Wisdom is to speak the truth and act in keeping with its nature.

Be careful who you trust, the devil was once an angel. Sometimes you just need to distance yourself from people. If they care, they’ll notice. If they don’t , you know where you stand.

It’s better to be your genuine self and have fewer of the right kinds of people in your life than to surround yourself with those who only accept you as long as you conform to their idea of who you should be.