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The Week with… Storm and Democracy

7 November, 2011 от · No comments

Photo: LiebeDich. Democracy is not so much a form of government as a set of principles. Woodrow Wilson (1856 – 1924) Photo: powazny Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people. Oscar Wilde (1854 – 1900)

The Week with… Flowers and Quotes about Being Different

12 September, 2011 от · No comments

Photo: jojo nicdao In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different. Coco Chanel (1883 – 1971) Foto: Jram23

The Week with… Power Constellation and Life-giving Water

7 September, 2011 от · No comments

Photo: XOZ (The REAL XOZ) The measure of a man is what he does with power. Plato (424 – 347 BC) Photo: tourist_on_earth He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still. Lao Tzu (600 – 531 BC) Photo: dr_relling I love power. But it is as an […]

The Week with… Liberty and Wild Horses

15 August, 2011 от · No comments

Photo: Christinamari If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear. George Orwell (1903-1950) Photo: Mara 1 Free people, remember this maxim: we may acquire liberty, but it is never recovered if it is once lost. Man is born free and everywhere he is […]

The Week with… Hopes and Rainbows

18 July, 2011 от · No comments

Photo: foto.bulle Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul. And sings the tune Without the words, and never stops at all. Emily Dickinson (1830 – 1886) Photo: JoshBerglund19 All human wisdom is summed up in two words – wait and hope. Alexandre Dumas (1824 – 1895) Photo: mcdlttx Learn from yesterday, […]

The Week With… Art And Bridges

11 July, 2011 от · No comments

Foto: Aah-Yeah Where the spirit does not work with the hand there is no art. Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) Foto: 96dpi Life resembles a novel more often than novels resemble life. Art is not a study of positive reality; it is the seeking for ideal truth. George Sand (1804-1876) Foto: Ollynet68 We all know that […]

The Week with… Sunrises, Inspiring faith

27 June, 2011 от · 1 comment

Photo: Sean MacEntee Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence. Helen Keller (1880-1968), an American author, political activist and lecturer, the first deafblind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree Photo: Ron Bennetts There are only two ways to live your life. One is as […]

Evolution

1 December, 2009 от ·

Aphorisms by Dimiter Anguelov Photo: Dimíter Ánguelov * This is how an aphorism is made: catch the right spots of the narrative thread, tie them tight into a knot and cut off the rest. * Freedom, dear birdie, is not to get out of the cage, but to be able to fly with it. * […]