Categorie: English proverbs and sayings in pictures

Pam Grout: American writer of travel books and books on spiritual matters, coach and public speaker.   You’re energy. At each moment, you mold and shape this energy by your consciousness. You do so with every thought, every intention, every action.

Paul Snoek: Pseudonym of Edmond André Coralie Schietekat. (Sint-Niklaas, 17 December 1933 – Tielt, 19 October 1981). Snoek was one of Belgium’s best-known poets and prose writers. He was also a painter. His pseudonym comes from the name of his mother Paula Snoeck. To dream is to dream of a sponge embracing a more beautiful… Lees verder Paul Snoek

John Butler Yeats: (Tullylish, County Down, Ireland, 16 March 1839 – New York, 3 February 1922). Irish painter. He was the father of the poet William Butler Yeats and the painter and writer Jack Butler Yeats. His daughters Susan and Elizabeth were also active in the art world, as was his granddaughter and William Butler’s… Lees verder John Butler Yeats

Joseph Philippe Pierre Yves Elliott Trudeau: (Montreal, 18 October 1919 – there, 28 September 2000) . Canada’s 15th prime minister from 1968 to 1979 and again from 1980 to 1984. With all its trappings, toil and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world.      

Charles de Marguetel de Saint-Denis: Seigneur de Saint-Évremond. (1 April 1613 – 9 September 1703) French soldier, hedonist, essayist and literary critic. After 1661, he lived in exile, mainly in England, as a consequence of his attack on French policy at the time of the Peace of the Pyrenees (1659). There is nothing that contributes… Lees verder Charles de Saint-Evremont

Roger Louis Schutz-Marsauche: (Provence, Switzerland 12 May 1915 – Taizé 16 August 2005). Better known as frère Roger (Brother Roger), was a theologian, resistance hero and the founder and first superior of the Taizé Community, an ecumenical monastic community that in 2005 had about 100 brothers and attracted around 200,000, mostly young people as visitors… Lees verder Broeder Roger van Taizé

Melchor de Santa Cruz de Dueñas: (Toledo, 1505 – 1585). Spanish writer and goldsmith. Writer, silversmith, goldsmith and merchant, he was born in Toledo and lived in this city between 1520 and 1576. He is known as the author of a very popular miscellaneous dedicated to John of Austria, the Spanish forest of apothegms and… Lees verder Melchor de Santa Cruz

Lucebert: Pseudonym of Lubertus Jacobus Swaanswijk. (Amsterdam, 15 September 1924 – Alkmaar, 10 May 1994). Dutch poet and painter. As a poet, he was considered the forerunner of the Vijftigers movement, a progressive group of poets who began experimenting with form and content after World War II. As a painter, he was closely involved in… Lees verder Lucebert

Emmanuel Jal: (born Jal Jok 1 January 1980). South Sudanese-Canadian artist, actor, author, former child soldier, and political activist. His autobiography, War Child: A Child Soldier’s Story, was published in 2009. Music is powerful. It is the only thing that can speak into your mind, your heart and your soul without your permission.

Joanne Michèle Sylvie Harris: (born 3 July 1964). English-French author, best known for her 1999 novel Chocolat, which was adapted into a film of the same name. Some books you read. Some books you enjoy. But some books just swallow you up, heart and soul. Now is the month of Germinal in the Republican calendar—the… Lees verder Joanne Harris