247 quotes found
Painter · Belgian
Belgian painter
“We are all the construction of a story and it is only at the end that we can assess the value of the plot. ("Everybody his story")”
“Love is like a musical score, sometimes very tuneful, creating a harmony of sounds, sometimes extremely harsh, striking a hell of false notes. (Love lying fallow )”
“Understanding may become misunderstanding, if no commitment or no responsibilities are assumed, no specific objectives set, no definite expectations met and common values and interests no longer sh...”
“When we are looking for the unexpected, we are not only looking for the unexpected in ourselves, but we are also curious about the unexpected in the behavior of the others. So as to know the others...”
“When the bonfire of love still smolders in the wake of emotional convulsions, seeds of regret and remorse may endlessly linger about on the path of life. ("Taken for a ride)”
“Regret and remorse is a dialectic issue about what has been done, about what should have been done and about what should not have been done. ( Island of regret. Island of remorse )”
“People are not dying of lack of money but of lack of esteem and awareness. ("Kein Schwein ruft mich an")”
“We may be happy but just dont know it yet. Many want to rebuke themselves for not finding the threshold of well being, since they simply havent learnt to be nice to themselves and to enjoy the priv...”
“Being happy is harder than being discontent. For happiness we have to roll up our sleeves and knock down houses of cards. Because of this exertion, many prefer to abide by fake happiness.( " Happin...”
“Some feel lucky, if they haven't got to be happy, as they dont like their frame of mind to be unravelled and prefer to be left well enough alone. ( "Cest quand le bonheur ?" )”
“Conversation often becomes mere verbal performance and oral horseplay rather than fair-minded communication. (Juicy rumours )”
“For the discovery of self we have to overcome the fear of self, so as to find the marrow within and disclose our true self. ("Everybody his story")”
“Life is an intricate play with actors waiting for an explanation. Each added act confers a new interpretation of the story. ( "Waiting for the pieces to fall into place" )”
“While many find the new clothes of the emperor magnificent, some dare to say out loud, he is simply naked. If the clear sighted are constrained by the credulous and when the followers are browbeati...”
“Love can crystallize things. When love is in the air, distressing rain can become a wonderful avalanche of shimmering diamonds. Raindrops are transformed into a flood of sparkling crystal pearls. T...”
“Love is illiterate. Whether we write it big or small, we cannot read it. We might only guess. ( "I seek you" )”
“Postmen have a legendary aura. A ring at the doorbell may inflame a sense of expectation, suspense, secrecy, hazard or even intrigue. Ringing twice may imply a warning that trouble is on the way or...”
“For some, life may be a playground to undermine the brainwaves of others or simply a vainglorious game with an armory of theatrics, illustrating only bleak self-deception, haughty narcissism and di...”
“Life can be generous, but leaves us with a trilemma: How can we reconcile three diverse features: I, 'me' and the 'others'. Since the I entails what I want; the me what others expect of me and the ...”
“Love assumes expectation and hope. All actors of the hazardous pursuit of love eagerly look forward to passing a significant cape without injuries or aching scratches: "the Cape of good Hope". ( " ...”
