Categorie: English proverbs and sayings in pictures

Rosa Luxemburg: (Zamość, 5 March 1871 – Berlin, 15 January 1919). German Marxist politician, philosopher and revolutionary. She was born Rozalia Luxenburg into a Polish-Jewish middle-class family, in Weichselland, or Russian Poland. Her later surname Luxembourg can probably be traced back to a spelling error at the civil registry. Freedom only for supporters of the… Lees verder Rosa Luxemburg

Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjöld: (Jönköping, 29 July 1905 – Ndola, 18 September 1961) Swedish diplomat. He was Secretary-General of the United Nations from 10 April 1953 until 18 September 1961 when he died as a result of a plane crash during his peacekeeping mission in Congo. Hammarskjöld was posthumously awarded the Nobel Peace Prize… Lees verder Dag Hammarskjöld

Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso: (Málaga, 25 October 1881 – Mougins, 8 April 1973). Spanish painter, draughtsman, sculptor, graphic artist, jewellery designer and ceramist. He was one of Spain’s best-known painters. The meaning of life is to find your gift.… Lees verder Pablo Picasso

Many think they are free. It is the freedom of indifference.

For a true dialogue you have to assume that the other person might be right.

The moment you feel like you have to prove your worth to someone is the moment you absolutely and utterly have to walk away.

All too often the gods are mere wire puppets of their priests.

How invisibly it changes color in this world, the flower of the human heart.

Arthur Schopenhauer: (Danzig, 22 February 1788 – Frankfurt am Main, 21 September 1860). German philosopher who formulated a distinctly pessimistic world view. He is also known as a great stylist. His best-known work is Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung (1818, 1844) in which he sets out his own metaphysics: behind the sensory world is… Lees verder Arthur Schopenhauer

The world, however, is set up in such a way that the stupidest proverbs are right.