Categorie: English proverbs and sayings in pictures

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

How pitiful to be forgotten as God. Serving God is true freedom. Truth does not come to us from darkness, but from the sun. Photo by Luis Graterol With wisdom belongs the understanding of what is eternal; by knowledge the rational understanding of what is temporary.

Albert Einstein: (Ulm, Switzerland, 14 March 1879 – Princeton (New Jersey), USA, 18 April 1955). German-Swiss-American theoretical physicist of Jewish descent. He is widely regarded as one of the most important physicists in history, alongside Isaac Newton and James Clerk Maxwell. He himself always referred to Newton as a much more important physicist than himself… Lees verder Albert Einstein

Everyone is kneaded out of the same dough but not baked in the same oven. I ask not for a lighter burden, but for broader shoulders. The worst wheel squeaks loudest. The fool’s world is a paradise. Too bad, the bride is so pretty! The tavern can’t corrupt a good man, the synagogue can’t reform… Lees verder Yiddish proverbs

Rose Jeanne Anaïs Edelmira Antolina Nin: (Neuilly-sur-Seine, 21 February 1903 – Los Angeles, California, 14 January 1977). French-Cuban writer, known mainly for her diaries covering a period of forty years, beginning when she was 12. I am aware of being in a beautiful prison, from which I can only escape by writing. I am lonely,… Lees verder Anais Nin

Jiddu Krishnamurti: (Madanapalle, 12 May 1895 – Ojai (USA), 17 February 1986) Indian-born spiritual teacher and philosopher. But to discover whether there is anything beyond the imagination of the thinker, there must be freedom from any form of fear. Do not follow anybody spiritually. Do not obey. Have a free mind. Where there is freedom… Lees verder Jiddu Krishnamurti