Categorie: English proverbs and sayings in pictures

Hermann Karl Hesse: ( Calw, Kingdom of Württemberg, German Empire, July 1877 – Montagnola, Ticino, Switzerland, 9 August 1962). German-Swiss poet, novelist, and painter. Trees are sanctuaries. Whoever knows how to speak to them, whoever knows how to listen to them, can learn the truth. They do not preach learning and precepts, they preach, undeterred… Lees verder Hermann Hesse

Robert M. Drake: American author. He is mostly known for his best selling book “Beautiful Chaos” and “Black Butterfly among others. He is also a social media phenomena and a self acclaimed street artist which you can see his work in all major cities across the United States. Don’t think. It complicates things. Just feel,… Lees verder Robert M. Drake

Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre: ( 21 June 1905 – 15 April 1980 ) French philosopher, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, and literary critic, considered a leading figure in 20th-century French philosophy and Marxism. Sartre was one of the key figures in the philosophy of existentialism (and phenomenology). To read a poem in January is… Lees verder Jean-Paul Sartre

A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be.

Baseball is like church. Many attend, few understand.

Edward Stuart Russell: (25 March 1887 – 24 August 1954). Scottish biologist and philosopher of biology. Sometimes the soul needs a little rest to come back to its very best.

Freedom of inquiry, freedom of discussion, and freedom of teaching – without these a university cannot exist.

Success isn’t overnight. It’s when everyday you get a little better than the day before. It all adds up.

Janis Lyn Joplin: (January 19, 1943–October 4, 1970). American singer and songwriter. One of the most iconic and successful rock performers of her era, she was noted for her powerful mezzo-soprano vocals, as well as her “electric” stage presence. You can destroy your now by worrying about tomorrow. Don’t compromise yourself. You are all you’ve… Lees verder Janis Joplin

Eduard Douwes Dekker: (2 March 1820 – 19 February 1887). Better known by his pen name Multatuli (from Latin multa tulī, “I have suffered much”), was a Dutch writer best known for his satirical novel Max Havelaar (1860), which denounced the abuses of colonialism in the Dutch East Indies (today’s Indonesia). He is considered one… Lees verder Multatuli