Maria Montessori, educatrice (31 agosto 1870 –1952) “Il più grande segno di successo per un insegnante è poter dire: i bambini stanno lavorando come se io non esistessi.” “Il bambino è insieme una speranza e una promessa per l’umanità”. “Costruire la pace è l’opera dell’educazione, la politica può solo evitare la guerra”. “The greatest sign… Read More Maria Montessori
On 30 August 1963, the “hot line” communication link between the Pentagon and the Kremlin was established. It was intended to provide a way to prevent the possibility of an accidental nuclear war between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. On 20 June, after the US and USSR had come to… Read More ☎️ Hot Line ☎️
John Locke (29 August 1632 –1704) was an influential English philosopher of the Enlightenment and social contract theorist. He was an empiricist who believed that all knowledge is based on experience derived from the senses. “’I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.’ (“Ho sempre pensato che le azioni… Read More John Locke
Today would have been Man Ray’s 128th birthday. He was born in Philadelphia on August 27, 1890 , and died in France in 1976. This American surrealist photographer and painter spent most of his career in Paris. He said: “I do not photograph nature. I photograph my visions.” “I never knew what I was… Read More Man Ray
TRAMONTO I raggi morenti del sole come lava liquida infebbrano acqua e cielo. CASCATA D’ORO FUSO Sembra che il lago finalmente osi sfoggiare quella preziosa parure di luce che un amante prepotente di solito custodisce gelosamente. (Colico – Lago di Como)
La vostra nominanza è color d’erba, Che viene e va; e quei la discolora Per cui ell’ esce de la terra acerba. Dante Alighieri (Purgatorio XI) Così dice Dante parlando dei superbi: la vostra fama è come il colore dell’erba, che arriva e se ne va, e il sole che le toglie ogni colore, è… Read More L’erba e il sole d’agosto
In the Catholic religion August 20 is the Feast Day of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, a medieval French monk who died on that date in 1153 A.D. In a sermon given on the Feast of St. Michael the Archangel, celebrated annually on September 29, he uttered the well known sentence : “Qui me amat,… Read More Saint Bernard & others
Honoré de Balzac est né à Tours le 20 mai 1799 et mort à Paris le 18 août 1850. Il a laissé l’une des plus imposantes œuvres romanesques de la littérature française, “La Comédie Humaine” où il a regroupé un ensemble de plus de quatre-vingt-dix ouvrages —… Read More “Le coeur d’une mère …” – Balzac
David “Davy” Crockett (August 17, 1786 – March 6, 1836) was an American folk hero, frontiersman, soldier, and three-time Congressman. He represented Tennessee in the U.S. House of Representatives and took part in the Texas Revolution. During the Battle of the Alamo 49-year-old Crockett remained there as the Mexican army advanced, boosting the spirits of… Read More Davy Crockett
Bagliori e fragori. Sentieri di luci. Collane di colori. Lampi di gioia fulminei, per non lasciar assuefare. Così è la felicità: un lampo di gioia, un arabesco luminoso, un fuoco d’artificio che comincia a spegnersi non appena inizia a esistere.
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