The One Dollar
Cassan Said Amer tells a story about a lecturer who began a seminar holding up a one-dollar bill, and asking: Who wants this dollar bill? He repeated the question, and the hands continued to be held high. You mustn’t ever…
Daisy And Selfishness
The daisy and selfishness “I am a daisy in a field of daisies,” thought the flower. “Amidst others, it is impossible to notice my beauty.” If there were some others like you, we could make some nice decorations – answered…
Intelligent Servant
When he was staying at an air base in Africa, author Saint-Exupéry passed the hat among his friends because a Moroccan servant wanted to return to his hometown. “He knew that the best investment in the world is people. Spending…
Renoir and Matisse Meet
Ever since he was young, the painter Henri Matisse used to visit the great Renoir at his atelier every week.
Beloved
A Siberian shaman asked God to show him a man that He loved. The Lord advised him to look for a certain farmer. “How could I? I was worried not to spill the milk!” “A simple bowl made you forget…
A Saint In The Wrong Place
Once upon a time, there was a man who had been the soul of kindness all his life. When he died, everyone assumed that he would go straight to Heaven, for the only possible place for a good man like…
Looking Fool
Every day Nasrudin went to beg for alms in the market, and people used to make fun of him by playing the following trick: They would show him two coins, one worth ten times more than the other, and Nasrudin…
El Greco And The Light
On a pleasant spring afternoon, a friend went to visit the painter El Greco. To his surprise, he found him in his atelier with all the curtains drawn.
The Grove Of Cedar Trees
In 1939, the Japanese diplomat Chiune Sugihara was working in the Japanese embassy in Lithuania during one of the most terrible periods humanity has known, and he saved thousands of Polish Jews from the Nazi threat by issuing them with…
That Which Is Funny About Man
A disciple asked Hejasi: I want to know what is the most funny thing about human beings.
Three Precise Blows
How can I know the best way to act in life? the disciple asked the master. The master asked him to build a table.
The Small Farm And The Cow
A philosopher was strolling through the forest with a disciple, discussing the importance of unexpected encounters. According to the philosopher, everything around us provides us with an opportunity to learn or to teach. They knocked on the door and were…