spreuken en wijsheden april 2013

• Saying sorry does not always mean that you were wrong. Sometimes it means you value your relationships more than your ego. (unknown)
• Vertrouwen draagt meer bij tot de conversatie dan intelligentie (François Rochefoucauld)
• Happiness does not depend on what you have or who you are, it solely relies on what you think (Buddha)
• “Never, never be afraid to do what's right, especially if the well-being of a person or animal is at stake. Society's punishments are small compared to the wounds we inflict on our soul when we look the other way.” (Martin Luther King, Jr.)
• Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I will meet you there. (Rumi)
• Le seul véritable voyage, le seul bain de Jouvence, ce ne serait pas d'aller vers de nouveaux paysages, mais d'avoir d'autres yeux, de voir l'univers avec les yeux d'un autre, de cent autres, de voir les cent univers que chacun d'eux voit, que chacun d'eux est. (Marcel Proust)
• Als je de waarheid vertelt, hoef je niets te onthouden (Mark Twain)
• Hoe je over jezelf denkt is veel belangrijker dan hoe anderen over je denken (Seneca)
• The best way to pursue happiness is to help other people. Nothing wille make you happier (George Lucas)
• “When we look at modern man, we have to face the fact...that modern man suffers from a kind of poverty of the spirit, which stands in glaring contrast to his scientific and technological abundance; We've learned to fly the air like birds, we've learned to swim the seas like fish, and yet we haven't learned to walk the Earth as brothers and sisters...” (Martin Luther King, Jr.)
• Someday everything will make perfect sense. So, for now, laugh at the confusion, smile through the tears and keep reminding yourself that everything happens for a reason. (unknown)