Categorie: English proverbs and sayings in pictures

Edith Newbold Wharton: (née Jones; January 24, 1862 – August 11, 1937). American writer and designer. Wharton drew upon her insider’s knowledge of the upper-class New York “aristocracy” to portray, realistically, the lives and morals of the Gilded Age. In 1921, she became the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her… Lees verder Edith Wharton

Tao Meng: No data available. Years of teaching Tao may yield one lesson: the truth is nowhere to be found but within yourself.        

Erwin Rudolf Josef Alexander Schrödinger: (Vienna, 12 August 1887 – there, 4 January 1961). Austrian physicist who became famous for his contributions to quantum mechanics, in particular the Schrödinger equation for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1933. Schrödinger is also known for ‘Schrödinger’s cat’, a 1935 thought experiment concerning the concept of… Lees verder Ewin Schrödinger

Carlos Santana: (Autlán, Mexico, 20 July 1947). Mexican-American guitarist. He became known with Santana, the band bearing his surname and successful since the late 1960s. The most valuable possession you can own is an open heart. The most powerful weapon you can be is an instrument of peace.        

Stoicism is a school of Hellenistic philosophy that flourished in Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome. The Stoics believed that the practice of virtue is enough to achieve eudaimonia: a well-lived life. The Stoics identified the path to achieving it with a life spent practicing the four cardinal virtues in everyday life — prudence, fortitude, temperance,… Lees verder Stoic wisdom

Jacob Nordby: American writer. (born 1973, Santa Rosa, California, raised in Idaho and later in the Seattle area). Blessed are the weird people: poets, misfits, writers, mystics, painters, and troubadours for they teach us to see the world through different eyes.        

Syed Ahmad Shah Ali: Better known by his pen name Ahmed Faraz. (Kohat, NWFP, British India (now Pakistan), 12 January 1931 – Islamabad, Islamabad Capital Territory, Pakistan, 25 August 2008). Pakistani Urdu poet, scriptwriter and became the founding director general (later chairman) of Pakistan Academy of Letters. He wrote his poetry under the pseudonym Faraz.… Lees verder Ahmad Faraz

Adriaan van Dis: (Bergen (NH), 16 December 1946). Dutch novelist and essayist. In 2015, he received the Constantijn Huygens Prize for his entire oeuvre and the Libris Literature Prize for his autobiographical novel Ik kom terug. His also autobiographical novel Indische duinen was awarded the Golden Owl in 1995. The novel Naar zachtheid en een… Lees verder Adriaan van Dis

Haneen: hanoo_quote – instagram, no further details known. I hope you always have the courage to keep growing with every beat and breath no matter how many times the world breaks your heart.        

May every day bring you fresh bread, aged wine and eternal friendship.