Categorie: English proverbs and sayings in pictures

Khājeh Shams-od-Dīn Moḥammad Ḥāfeẓ-e Shīrāzī : Known by his pen name Hafez (حافظ Ḥāfeẓ lit. ’the memorizer’ or ’the (safe) keeper’; 1325–1390) or Hafiz. Persian lyric poet whose collected works are regarded by many Iranians as one of the highest pinnacles of Persian literature. His works are often found in the homes of Persian speakers, who… Lees verder Hafez

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz: Also spelt as (von) Leibnitz. (Leipzig, 1 July 1646 – Hanover, 14 November 1716). German mathematician, philosopher, logician, physicist, historian, jurist and diplomat, considered one of the greatest thinkers of the 17th century. He developed more or less simultaneously with, but independently of, Isaac Newton a branch of mathematics known as ‘analysis’… Lees verder Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

Joanna Rogers Macy: (born May 2, 1929). American environmental activist, author, and scholar of Buddhism, general systems theory, and deep ecology. She is the author of twelve books. She was married to the late Francis Underhill Macy, the activist and Russian scholar who founded the Center for Safe Energy. You don’t need to do everything.… Lees verder Joanna Macy

Johannes Mario Simmel: (7 April 1924 – 1 January 2009), also known as J. M. Simmel, was an Austrian writer. He was born in Vienna and grew up in Austria and England. He was trained as a chemical engineer and worked in research from 1943 to the end of World War II. After the end… Lees verder Johannes Mario Simmel

Aimee Bender: (born June 28, 1969). American novelist and short story writer, known for her surreal stories and characters. She is a 2011 recipient of the Alex Awards. Born to a Jewish family, Bender received her undergraduate degree from the University of California at San Diego, and a Master of Fine Arts from the creative… Lees verder Aimee Bender

Rosanna Chiogalo: As a child, she fell in love with books and dreamed of the day when she would write her own. Her parents emigrated from Sicily in the early ’60s. The New York City neighborhood of Astoria, Queens, where she grew up, along with many other children of immigrants, influenced her and her writing.… Lees verder Rosanna Chiofalo

Edward M. Hirsch: (born January 20, 1950). American poet and critic who wrote a national bestseller about reading poetry. He has published nine books of poems, including The Living Fire: New and Selected Poems (2010), which brings together thirty-five years of work, and Gabriel: A Poem (2014), a book-length elegy for his son that The… Lees verder Edward Hirsch

Claudia Alta Taylor ‘Lady Bird’ Johnson: (Karnack (Texas), 22 December 1912 – West Lake Hills (Texas), 11 July 2007). Wife of US President Lyndon B. Johnson. At the time of his presidency (1963-1969), she was the country’s first lady. Where flowers bloom so does hope.      

Alexander Isayevich Solzhenitsyn: (Kislovodsk, 11 December 1918 – Moscow, 3 August 2008). Russian writer who was regarded as a dissident in the 1970s. As a student of mathematics and physics, Solzhenitsyn also had a soft spot for literature. Even then, he knew he wanted to be a writer. Initially, he believed in communism. In 1945,… Lees verder Alexander Solzhenitsyn

Pyotr Alekseevich Kropotkin: (Moscow, 9 December 1842 – Dmitrov, 8 February 1921) Theorist of anarchism. He worked in Russia as a geographer and geologist and proved, among other things, that the maps of the time incorrectly depicted the course of mountain ranges in Siberia. He also conducted research on the Ice Age in Finland. During… Lees verder Peter Kropotkin