Categorie: English proverbs and sayings in pictures

Thích Nhất Hạnh: (born Nguyễn Xuân Bảo) (Huế (Union of Indochina), 11 October 1926 – Huế (Vietnam), 22 January 2022) was a Vietnamese Buddhist monk, peace activist, poet and writer who lived in France as an exile for much of his life. Throughout his life, he campaigned for peace, non-violence and the alleviation of suffering.… Lees verder Thích Nhất Hạnh

Simone Adolphine Weil: (Paris, France, 3 February 1909 – Ashford, Kent, England, 24 August 1943). French Jewish philosopher and political activist. Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity. Loving the truth means enduring emptiness, and thus accepting death. Truth is on the side of death. The weapons of a sovereign state apparatus cannot… Lees verder Simone Weil

Don’t be afraid to ask a question that may sound stupid, because 99% of the time everyone else is thinking of the same question and is too embarrassed to ask it. Always demand a deadline. A deadline weeds out the extraneous and the ordinary. It prevents you from trying to make it perfect, so you… Lees verder Kevin Kelly

You will never be who you want to be, until you are happy with who you are.

Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.: (March 8, 1841 – March 6, 1935) American jurist who served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1902 to 1932. Holmes is one of the most widely cited and influential Supreme Court justices in American history, noted for his long tenure on the Court and for his… Lees verder Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

Emanuel James Rohn: (September 17, 1930 – December 5, 2009). Professionally known as Jim Rohn. American entrepreneur, author, and motivational speaker. He wrote numerous books including How to obtain wealth and happiness. Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment Give whatever you are doing and whoever you are with the gift of your attention.

The great thing about living in a small village is… that when you really don’t know what you’re doing anymore…. someone else knows.

François de La Rochefoucauld: 2nd Duke of La Rochefoucauld. (Paris, 15 September 1613 – there, 17 March 1680) French writer, noble soldier and courtier, who became best known for Réflexions ou sentences et maximes morales (1665) or Maximes for short (Dutch translation: Maximes), short, concise statements or aphorisms on virtue and morality. In friendship, as… Lees verder François de La Rochefoucauld

The mystics confirm this conclusion and conclude it by stating that perfect knowledge of the object is of the highest order: to know that the perfect is incomprehensible.

Discovering problems is just as important as solving problems.