Categorie: English proverbs and sayings in pictures

Carla Pols: Born in Rotterdam on Rijn ship ‘Resoluto’. Now living in Breskens. Dutch writer of aphorisms. We are pilgrims – lifelong on our way to the place within ourselves… We cannot rush toward the sun, nor run after it. Carry it along. You won’t find the lotus, I’ll give you that on a note,… Lees verder Carla Pols

I understand now what love really feels like. The kind that consumes you. Love holds the power to break you. It holds the power to complete you.

There was something about him that made me want to abandon all caution.

Take it with a grain of salt.

People don’t want to be talked out of their feeling. People want to be heard, seen , felt, and understood.

Instead of looking for love, give it; constantly renew it in yourself and you will always feel its presence within you. It will always be there smiling at you, gazing on you kindly.

 Anatole France: Pseudonym of Jacques Anatole François Thibault. (Paris, 16 April 1844 – Tours, 12 October 1924) French writer. In 1921, he won the Nobel Prize in Literature. The truths discovered by intelligence remain sterile. The heart is the only one capable of fertilizing its dreams. The future is a convenient place to put your… Lees verder Anatole France

Grief that is held back and given no voice bruises the heart.

We are all addicted to something that takes away the pain.

We cannot force ourselves to love — or to withhold it. At best, we can curb our actions. The heart itself is beyond control. That is its power, and its weakness.