Categorie: English proverbs and sayings in pictures

Edwin Op ‘t Land: Dutch author of positive books.   Nothing is what it appears to be, it is only what you make of it. You can’t change yesterday, but you can change the now. Openness arises when you can see and accept yourself, my or your opinion or vision as just a possibility….. Better,… Lees verder Edwin Op ’t Land

Drs P. : (Thun, 24 August 1919 – Amsterdam, 13 June 2015). Pseudonym of Heinz Hermann Polzer, was a Dutch-speaking lyricist of Swiss nationality. His stage name, coined by Willem Duys, refers to the academic degree of doctorandus (abbreviated: drs.) in economics, which Polzer obtained at the Dutch School of Economics (now Erasmus University Rotterdam).… Lees verder Drs. P.

Umberto Eco: (Alessandria, 5 January 1932 – Milan, 19 February 2016). Italian writer and semiotician. He is among the best-known Italian writers of his time. A dream is a writing, and many writings are nothing but dreams.        

Amy Hempel: (geboren 14 december 1951). Amerikaanse schrijfster van korte verhalen en journaliste. Ze doceert creatief schrijven aan het Michener Center for Writers. Dreams: the place most of us get what we need.

Karl Julius Weber: (* 20 or 21[1] April 1767 in Langenburg; † 19 July 1832 in Kupferzell; also spelled Carl Julius Weber). German writer and important satirist. For the man, as for the child, dreams are interludes in the earthly drama, which many a time bring more enjoyment than the play itself.

Peter Bamm: Pseudonym of Curt Emmrich. ( Hochneukirch, Jüchen, Germany, 20 October 1897 – Zollikon, Switzerland, 30 March 1975). German author. Peter Bamm volunteered as a soldier in World War I and afterwards studied medicine and sinology in Munich, Göttingen and Freiburg im Breisgau. As a ship’s doctor, he travelled the world before settling in… Lees verder Peter Bamm

Ralf Dreier Gustav Radbruch: (Lübeck, 21 November 1878 – Heidelberg, 23 November 1949). German jurist.From October 1921 to November 1922, he was minister of justice in the Weimar Republic. There is no better way to bring out the good in people than to treat them as if they were already good. In German politics, the… Lees verder Gustav Radbruch

Epicurus: (Ancient Greek: Ἐπίκουρος, Epikouros, Dutch, obsolete: Epicure) (341 BC – 270 BC). Greek philosopher and founder of the Epicurean school in Hellenistic Athens. He was a very prolific thinker and is said to have written more than any philosopher before him. Of all these writings, only three letters and about a hundred doctrines have… Lees verder Epicurus

Henri François Joseph de Régnier: (Honfleur (Calvados), 28 December 1864 – Paris, 23 May 1936). French symbolist poet, considered one of France’s most important in the early 20th century. The fires of love sometimes leave behind an ash of friendship.

Ernest Renan: (Tréguier, 28 February 1823 – Paris, 2 October 1892). French philosopher and writer, best known for his influential historical works on early Christianity and his political views. The first condition for spiritual development, is freedom. What Christ founded, and what will always remain His, that is the doctrine of the freedom of souls.