Charity is not a weight 1

Once, an archaeologist went on a pilgrimage to the Himalayas. In ancient times the temples, situated at great heights, were very difficult to reach and

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Limited materials

Fulton Sheen tells a story of a rich woman who, although she took many humanitarian initiatives, she was not motived by charity alone, but rather

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A monkey in a cage

In one of those science experiments with animals, the scientists put a monkey in a cage and put a banana outside of the cage.  The

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Lack of caution

“Play dead! Play dead!”. The screams of Amie Huguenard mingle with the soft sound of rain pattering on the tent and the growls of a

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Love of others

There is a fable, written by Tolstoy, about a man who, while returning home from work, passed in front of a church where there was

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Peace

Once St. John Bosco had a meeting with a minister named Farini, who wanted to close the school that St. John Bosco had founded. He

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Truthfulness

Once a teacher gave his 12 years old students a chemistry problem to solve for homework. The next day, the teacher corrected them. One of

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Three hearts

Once Fray Luis de Granada heard someone who was very angry with someone else, say: “he cannot do that, it is totally unacceptable.” Fray Luis

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The story of the frog

A frog wondered how he could get away from the cold winter weather. Some geese suggested to him that he could migrate with them. The

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