Categorie: English proverbs and sayings in pictures

When you’re a kid, you think your parents are invincible and all-knowing, and then you start to grow up and realize that they’re simply flawed human beings trying to make their way in the world the best they can.

Trying to be happy by accumulating possessions is like trying to satisfy hunger by taping sandwiches all over your body.

I have rules that I live by. My first rule: I don’t believe anything the government tells me. Governments don’t want an intelligent population because people who can think critically can’t be ruled. They want a public just smart enough to keep voting and electing corrupt politicians. Don’t just teach your children to read… Teach… Lees verder George Carlin

Logic does not produce truth, she only unbolts her.

Anyone who says: freedom rules here is lying, because freedom doesn’t rule.

Richard Karl Freiherr von Weizsäcker: (born 15 April 1920 in Stuttgart; died 31 January 2015 in Berlin). German politician (CDU). He served as Vice-President of the German Bundestag from 1979 to 1981 and as Governing Mayor of West Berlin from 1981 to 1984. From 1984 to 1994, he was the sixth Federal President of the… Lees verder Richard von Weizsäcker

Karl Heinrich Marx: (Trier, 5 May 1818 – Londen, 14 March 1883). Duits denker die de (politieke) philosophies, de economies, de sociologies, de journalistiek en de historiografie sterk heeft beïnvloed. Hij was een grondlegger van de arbeidersbeweging en een central figure in de geschiedenis van het socialisme en het communisme. Marx wonde en werkte in… Lees verder Karl Marx

Good thinking deals with causes and effects, which leads to logical, constructive planning. Whereas, bad thinking frequently leads to tensions and nervous breakdowns.

Marie Freifrau von Ebner-Eschenbach: Born: Freiin Dubský (Troubky-Zdislavice, Moravia, 13 September 1830 – Vienna, 12 March 1916). Austrian writer, best known for her psychologically tinged novels and narratives. There is only one proof of ability – action. Happy slaves are the bitterest enemies of freedom. In every exalted joy, there mingles a sense of gratitude.… Lees verder Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

Voltaire: Pseudonym of François Marie Arouet. ( Paris, 21 November 1694 – there, 30 May 1778 ) French writer, essayist, philosopher and freethinker. He can be considered the prominent pioneer of the French Enlightenment. As a writer, Voltaire had a great influence on the intellectual life of his time. Goethe argued that Voltaire was the… Lees verder Voltaire