A sharp tongued woman was accused of starting a rumor. When she was brought before the village rabbi, she said, ” My words were spread by others, and so I am not to blame.” But the victim demanded justice, saying, ” Your words soiled my good name ! ” ” I’ll take back what I
Continue Reading...A tale from the Phillipines The parts of the house argue High up in a nipa palm tree house, a large and quarrelsome family once lived. Not a day passed in the tree house without a disagreement of some kind. One day the family members began to quarrel about who was the most important member
Continue Reading...We are ever conscious of our weaknesses, and we feel constantly guilty of our moral compromises. There was no one in the hall who did not give meaning to Lakshmana’s laughter. The laughter held a mirror out on the minds of all and each one saw in that innocent laughter his own ugliness. Even Sri
Continue Reading...In a parlour of an old farmhouse there was an antique grandfather clock which for more than a hundred and fifty years had never ceased ticking faithfully. Every morning at daybreak when the farmer came down, the first thing he would do was to visit the clock to be sure that it was right. Now
Continue Reading...Four men were climbing a mountain in Italy. All four of them were monks: St Francis was leading three brothers of his order. The mountain side was covered with trees, and at the top there was an open flat space where St. Francis wished to pray, in the hope of having a new vision of
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