Categorie: English proverbs and sayings in pictures

In our present times, the governments are best served by mediocre people who submit to everything. Striving for highly independent learning is not only not encouraged, but also feared.

Freedom is man’s desire to control his actions.

I always want to keep moving musically and trying new things.

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

Georges Van Acker: (Eeklo, May 18, 1919 – Bruges, April 25, 2003). Joris Van Acker was a Flemish writer. Van Acker was an employee of the National Railway Company of Belgium (NMBS) and, as a socialist leader, a member of the executive bureau of the General Central of Public Services (ACOD), Railway section. During the… Lees verder Georges van Acker

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

Alysia Nicole Harris: American poet based out of Atlanta. She is a Cave Canem fellow, was twice nominated for the Pushcart Prize, and won the Stephen Dunn Poetry Prize in 2014 and 2015.[1] She has performed spoken word poetry in Germany, Canada, Slovakia, South Africa, and the UK, and at the United Nations.   The… Lees verder Alysia Harris

Christoph Martin Wieland: (Oberholzheim, September 5, 1733 – Weimar, January 20, 1813). German Rococo writer. He represents, as the only German author of significance, a movement called humorous classicism. All too often the gods are mere wire puppets of their priests.