Categorie: English proverbs and sayings in pictures

Stop trying to get love, attention, recognition, and appreciation. Be someone who gives that.

Robert Wilson Lynd: (Irish: Roibéard Ó Floinn; 20 April 1879 – 6 October 1949). Irish writer, editor of poetry, urbane literary essayist, socialist and Irish nationalist. The truth is, most of us believe in trying to make other people happy, only if they can be happy in ways which we can approve. Friendship never endures… Lees verder Robert Lynd

The reality is not that the ancient people told literal stories and we are now smart enough to take them symbolically, but that they told them symbolically and we are now dumb enough to take them literally.

Strive for the impossible, accept the inevitable.

Alan W. Watts: (Chislehurst, London, England, 6 January 1915 – Mount Tamalpais, California, USA, 16 November 1973). English philosopher, writer, speaker, Anglican priest, professor and practitioner of comparative religious studies. He particularly immersed himself in the philosophy of Zen, Buddhism and Taoism, and his work has made a significant contribution to the introduction and popularisation… Lees verder Alan Watts

Trader: someone who sells below price, pays more tax than he earns, and invests the balance in real estate. You have to accommodate friendship a bit by occasionally distancing yourself from the friend.

Unorganized freedom leads through anarchy to slavery.

What strikes me is that there’s a very fine line between success and failure. Just one ingredient can make the difference.

Sometimes you give and I take and sometimes I give and you take. We are learning to go beyond the realm of our own selves. We are learning to share.

People will generally accept facts as truth only if the facts agree with what they already believe.