The Real Things in Life
Welcome to our collection, featuring selected wise thoughts—quotes, proverbs, and parables, many of which cannot be found anywhere else. These inspiring texts, from ancient times to the present, offer everyone the chance to find something from the Real Things in Life.Quote of the day
Selected quotes
Featured parables
Will I Start Dying Right Away?
Many years ago, when I was working as a volunteer in a hospital, I met a little girl named Lisa, who was suffering ...
Attitude towards work
A man was walking down the road when he suddenly saw three workers carrying bricks. He asked the first one: - ...
Reckless Anger
There was a snake that crawled over a sharp saw and was cut. In anger the snaked wrapped the saw with its thick body ...
A question of perspective
The man doesn't know that there is a snake underneath. The woman doesn't know that there is a stone crushing the ...
The dirty laundry
A young couple moved into a new house. The next morning while they were eating breakfast, the young woman saw her ...
Hermit in the mountain
One day one person climbed up a mountain where a hermit was meditating. He had taken refuge and was asked: “What ...