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
Snake in the Fire
A man saw when a snake was dying burned and decided to take it out of the fire, but when it did, the snake bit him. By ...
Flying clouds
A 24-year-old boy was looking out the window of a train and suddenly exclaimed, "Dad, look, the trees are moving ...
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 ...