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.

Quotes of the day

One learns peoples through the heart, not the eyes or the intellect. View quote
Mark Twain
The fear of death is more to be dreaded than death itself. View quote
Publilius Syrus
It's deeds we need, not words. View quote
Vasil Levski
A guilty conscience needs no accuser. View proverb
English Proverb

Featured parables

Will I Start Dying Right Away? 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 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 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 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 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 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 ...