Categorie: English proverbs and sayings in pictures

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel: (27 August 1770 – 14 November 1831). German philosopher and one of the most influential figures of German idealism and 19th-century philosophy. The courage of truth is the first condition of philosophical study. Just as the substance of matter is gravity, so we must say, the substance of the essence of… Lees verder G. W. F. Hegel

Forget what you were, and look forward to what you could be.

Rasmenia Massoud: Amrican wrieter, was born just outside of Washington D.C. August is that last flicker of fun and heat before everything fades and dies. The final moments of fun before the freeze. In the winter, everything changes.

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