Categorie: English proverbs and sayings in pictures

A glance, a smile, an appropriate word: this is how love arises. A wise man makes his own decisions: an ignorant man follows the public opinion. I sulked because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet. Hurry to do the things that are not urgent, so you have time… Lees verder Chinese proverbs

Simon Johannes Carmiggelt: (The Hague, 7 October 1913 – Amsterdam, 30 November 1987). Dutch journalist, writer and poet. Under the pseudonym Kronkel, he published an almost daily italic in daily newspaper Het Parool for almost forty years, describing ordinary things in surprising ways, with an eye for humour in the difference between ideal and reality.… Lees verder Simon Carmiggelt

Thoughts are not stubborn. What is persistent is our habit of believing them.

It is impossible to argue with someone who claims not to seek the truth, but already knows it. – Romain Rolland

Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī: Or simply Rumi (30 September 1207 – 17 December 1273) 13th-century Persian poet, Hanafi faqih (jurist), Islamic scholar, Maturidi theologian (mutakallim),[9] and Sufi mystic originally from Greater Khorasan in Greater Iran. I choose to love you in silence….For in silence I find no rejection. My soul is from elsewhere, I’m sure… Lees verder Mawlana Jalal-al-Din Rumi

Gerrit Jan Komrij: (Winterswijk, 30 March 1944 – Amsterdam, 5 July 2012). Dutch poet and connoisseur of Dutch poetry, writer, serialist translator, critic, polemicist and playwright. In 1993, he was awarded the P.C. Hooft Prize for his contemplative prose. He was the Poet Laureate of the Netherlands from 2000 to 2004. Komrij was known for… Lees verder Gerrit Komrij

If you invest in your mind, your body will naturally be better managed.

Success is often just an idea away.  

I want eternity. I was born for greater things.

Abraham Lincoln: (Hodgenville, Kentucky, 12 February 1809 – Washington D.C., 15 April 1865). 16th president of the United States. He served from 1861 until his death in 1865. Lincoln was the first president of the United States to be assassinated while in office. Lincoln is considered one of the greatest US presidents. He is praised… Lees verder Abraham Lincoln