Parables have been created since ancient times and by a wide variety of peoples. But the life wisdom embedded in them has not lost its relevance over the years. Thanks to short parables about life, we can understand the principles that are always and everywhere important.
We have selected short parables about life with morals, the meaning of which will answer some of your questions.
A parable about a life lesson
Father and son walked through the mountains. The boy tripped over a stone, fell, hit himself painfully and shouted:
- Aaaaaaay!!!
And then he heard a voice from somewhere behind the mountain that repeated after him:
- Aaaaaaay!!!
Curiosity prevailed over fear, and the boy shouted:
- Who is here?
And I received the answer:
- Who is here?
Angry, he shouted:
- Coward!
And I heard:
- Coward!
The boy looked at his father and asked:
- Dad, what is this?
The man, smiling, shouted:
- Son, I love you!
And the voice answered:
- Son, I love you!
The man shouted:
- You are the best!
And the voice answered:
- You are the best!
The child was surprised and did not understand anything. Then his father explained to him:
“People call it an echo, but in reality it is life. Returns to you everything you say and do.
Morality:
Our life is simply a reflection of our actions. If you want more love from the world, give more love to those around you. If you wish happiness, give happiness to those around you. If you want a smile from your heart, smile from your heart to those you know. This applies to all aspects of life: it returns to us everything that we gave it. Our lives are not coincidences, but a reflection of ourselves.
One famous artist painted his next painting. On the day of its presentation to the public, many journalists, photographers, and famous people gathered. When the time came, the artist threw off the covering cloth from the painting. An explosion of applause followed.
The painting showed the figure of Jesus knocking lightly on the door of a house. Jesus seemed alive. He leaned his ear to the door, as if he wanted to hear if someone inside the house was answering him.
Everyone admired the beautiful work of art. One curious visitor found an error in the painting. The door had neither a lock nor a handle. He turned to the artist:
- But this door seems to be locked from the inside, it has no handle, how can you enter it?
“It is so,” answered the author of the painting. – This is the door of a person’s heart. It can only open from the inside.
Morality:
We all expect Love, Joy, Compassion, Happiness, Success in our lives. But in order for them to appear in our lives, we cannot sit idly by. Action needs to be taken. At least just open the door...
Parable about friendship
There were two neighbors. The first one bought a rabbit for his children. The children of another neighbor asked to buy some kind of pet for them too. Their father bought them a German Shepherd puppy.
Then the first said to the second:
- But he will eat my rabbit!
- No, think about it, my shepherd is a puppy, and your rabbit is still a child. They will grow up together and become friends. There won't be any problems.
And it looked like the dog's owner was right. They grew up together and became friends. It was normal to see a rabbit in a dog's yard and vice versa. The children were happy.
One day, the rabbit's owner and his family went away for the weekend, and the rabbit was left alone. It was Friday. On Sunday evening, the dog's owner and his family were drinking tea on the veranda when their huge dog walked in. In his teeth he held a rabbit: battered, dirty with blood and dirt, and, worst of all, dead. The owners attacked their dog and almost killed the dog.
- The neighbor was right. What now? We just needed this. They will return in a few hours. What to do?
Everyone looked at each other. The poor dog whined and cried, licking his wounds.
– Can you imagine what will happen to their children?
One of the children came up with an idea:
- Let's give him a good bath, dry him with a hairdryer and put him in his house in the yard.
Since the rabbit was not torn, they did so. The rabbit was put in his house, his head was laid on his paws, it seemed that he was sleeping. And then they heard that the neighbors were returning. The dog's owners rushed into their house and closed the doors. A few minutes later they heard children screaming. Found! A couple of minutes later there was a knock on their door. The rabbit's owner stood pale and frightened on the threshold. It seemed as if he had met a ghost.
- What's happened? What happened to you? – asked the dog’s owner.
- Rabbit... rabbit...
- Died? And this afternoon he seemed so cheerful!
– He died on Friday!
- On Friday?
“Before we left, the children buried him at the end of the garden!” And now he lies in his house again!
The dog, who had been searching for his missing childhood friend since Friday, finally found him and dug him up to save him. And he took it to his owners so that they could help.
Morality:
You should never judge in advance, without checking what actually happened.
One day, a butterfly pupa fell into the hands of a man. He took her and looked at her for several hours, seeing how she struggled to squeeze her body out of the small hole in the cocoon. Time passed, she kept trying to get out of the cocoon, but there was no progress. It seemed that she was completely exhausted and could no longer do it... Then the man decided to help the butterfly. He took the scissors and cut the cocoon all the way. The butterfly came out of it easily, but its body was somewhat atrophied, small, and its wings were folded and compressed. The man continued to watch her, he expected that at any moment she would open her wings and fly.
But that did not happen. Until the end of its days, the butterfly was left with a deformed body and glued wings. She could never spread her wings and fly.
The man did not know that the hard cocoon and the incredible efforts made by the butterfly to exit the small hole were necessary for the body to take the correct shape and for forces to enter the wings through the strong body and be ready to fly as soon as it was freed from the cocoon.
Morality:
Don't help if you don't know how or if you're not sure that your help will really be useful. Don't interfere with the nature of things you didn't create. Otherwise, you might just do some harm.
The Parable of the Nail Marks
One boy had a very bad character. His father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he offended someone, he should hammer one nail into the fence.
On the first day the boy hammered thirty-seven nails. In the following days, as he began to learn to control his anger, he began to hammer in fewer and fewer nails. He made the discovery that it was easier to restrain himself than to hammer a nail in later. The day came when he was able to completely control his temper during that day. His father said that now for every day that he managed to restrain himself, let him pull out one nail from the fence.
Days passed, and then one day there was not a single nail left in the door. The father took his son by the hand, led him to the fence and said: “It’s clear, son, that you worked hard, but look how many holes are left in the tree. It will never be the same again.”
Morality:
Every time you hurt someone, it leaves scars. You can say something bad to someone and then take it back, but the scars will remain forever. Let us be careful when we say anything.
This section includes wise parables about love, fidelity and friendship of man. The Internet portal site tries to offer you the best and most beautiful parables for reading from a variety of books and open Internet sources. Some parables are very small and short, but they carry great wisdom that will allow you to look into your heart.
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Sufi parable from Jami
Muawiyah and Aqil ibn Abu Talib were bosom friends and inseparable buddies. One day a thorn fell on the path of their partnership and dust settled on their faces. Aqil broke with Muawiyah and no longer attended his feasts. Muawiyah, asking for forgiveness, wrote to him: “Oh...
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Badger Filka Parable from the Bondarenko brothers
Two bears lived next door in Gorelovskaya Grove: the bear Spiridon and the bear Lavrenty. On holidays we went to visit each other and treated ourselves to honey. And not far from them the badger Filka lived. And himself - to no one, and to him - no one. He was jealous that...
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Bedouin and a dying dog Sufi parable from Rumi
In the dust, the road dog lay exhausted, And the Bedouin sighed and shed tears: “I’m so afraid that life will become difficult for me, When I lose my only friend!” “What are you crying about, passer-by?” - The poor wanderer of God asked the Arab. “I cry, traveler, from my worries - Here...
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Be a friend Confucian parable
Tzu Gong asked about what it means to be someone's friend. Confucius replied: “Be honest with him when you give him advice, and encourage him to do good.” But if he doesn’t listen, then don’t insist so as not to be humiliated.
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Treacherous friend Indian parable
There lived two merchants in Delhi - Motichand and Ramdas. There was a strong friendship between them. One day Motichand was talking with his wife, when suddenly she interrupted him and began to ask: - Dear husband! We are already getting old, we have money, thank God, but what do we care about...
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Message for Socrates Parable from Vladimir Shebzukhov
When you talk too much, you cannot avoid sin, but he who restrains his lips is wise. Book of Proverbs of Solomon, 10:19 Suddenly a man said to Socrates: “Hear (if words in fate will not make you poor or rich), What your friend said about you...” But he interrupted his philosopher: “No...
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Business card Zen parable
Zen Master Keichu presided over the main temple in Kyoto. One day a novice brought him a business card and said that this man wanted to see him. The card read: “Kitagaki, Governor of Kyoto.” Keichu looked at the business card and said: - Tell me...
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Wolf and Hare Fable by Alexander Apartsev
The Wolf and the Hare decided to make friends. They shook hands to seal the deal, and together they went hunting for otter, partridge or squirrel. They are walking through the forest... Suddenly, among the bushes, a young roe deer gnaws at the leaves. The wolf opened its mouth, saliva flowing from its teeth. From the sight of this the Hare...
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Wave and cliff Parable from Natalia Burochkina
Once upon a time there was a Wave. She loved to frolic in the wind. She loved to caress the stones on the shore. One day she wandered into an unfamiliar bay. There was a cliff there. He stood in the middle of the bay. Wave made friends with Cliff. They could talk for hours. They spent all their time together. ...
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Sparrow machinations Tibetan parable
Not far from each other lived a dove and a sparrow. They were friends and lived like good neighbors. One day the dove decided to play a trick on the sparrow. She flew up to her nest and playfully pulled out the soft bedding from there. Then, throwing it in front of...
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Enemy and friend Parable from Ivan Turgenev
The prisoner, condemned to eternal imprisonment, broke out of prison and began to run headlong. The chase was hot on his heels. He ran as fast as he could. The pursuers began to fall behind. But in front of him is a river with steep banks - a narrow but deep river. And he doesn't...
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Enemies Aesop's Fable
Two enemies were sailing on the same ship. To stay away from each other, one settled in the stern, the other in the bow; That's how they sat. A terrible storm arose and the ship capsized. The one sitting at the stern asked the helmsman which end of the ship...
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Pot and Cauldron Fable by Jean de La Fontaine
The Pot and the Cauldron formed a great friendship; Although the Cauldron is a more knowledgeable breed, But what does it count in friendship? The cauldron is a mountain for the matchmaker; Pot with a cauldron of familiarity; They cannot exist without each other; From morning to evening they are inseparable from each other; And they are separated by the fire...
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Grimr Viking Parable from Nicholas Roerich
Grimr, the Viking, became very old. In previous years he was the best leader, and they knew about him even in distant countries. But now the Viking no longer goes to sea on his fast dragon. For ten years he had not taken out his sword. There is a long shield hanging on the wall...
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Two badgers Fable by Vladimir Shebzukhov
Suddenly I saw a badger from the mountain - A close friend came out of his own hole with luggage (Considered until now). And then, not feeling his feet, he quickly ran with his luggage. And he was also able to see how his unfortunate friend fell into a trap... The thief began to scream loudly. Well, ...
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Two friends Modern parable
There lived two neighbors. Winter has come, snow has fallen. One neighbor went out early in the morning with a shovel to shovel the snow in front of his house. While I was clearing the path, I looked at how my neighbor was doing. And he has a neatly trampled path.
The next morning it snowed again. The first neighbor got up early, got to work, looked - and the neighbor had already laid a path.
On the third day the snow was knee-deep. The first neighbor got up even earlier and went out to clear the snow. And the neighbor’s path is already flat and straight - just a sight for sore eyes!
That same day they met on the street and the first neighbor asked:
Listen, when do you have time to clear the snow in front of your house?
The second neighbor was surprised at first, and then laughed:
Yes, I never remove it. It’s my friends who come to see me!
One young guy asked a very rich man what the secret of his success was. How did he manage to turn from a poor boy into a successful businessman?
The answer was simple: “I learned to choose my friends wisely!” -Have you heard the expression “a friend in need is a friend in need”? – the businessman asked him.
Yes! “I am guided by this rule,” the young man honestly admitted.
Forget it, it is fundamentally wrong. A friend is known in joy! The young man was embarrassed and very surprised by this.
Look,” the teacher continued, “when you have a problem, you feel bad, you run and share it with your friend. Now you both have a problem. You're both sad, you're both puzzled. Right?
Yes! - the young man answered, - and my friend is helping me solve it!
It may help solve the first problem, but it definitely won’t solve all the subsequent ones. He will just sit there and feel sorry for you.
That's good too, he supports me! – the young man insisted.
It's horrible! After all, you also begin to feel sorry for yourself, instead of solving your problem. “I was lucky,” the teacher continued, “I had friends in my life who did not feel sorry for me and certainly did not solve my problems. They just rejoiced with me at my successes! In fact, if you have a problem, solve it yourself, and then go to a friend and celebrate your victory together. It is very easy to feel sorry for another person. But to sincerely rejoice in other people’s successes is something you need to learn. This is true friendship, the one that helped me become successful..!
At some point, the friends argued and one of them slapped the other.
The latter, feeling the pain but saying nothing, wrote in the sand: “Today my best friend slapped me in the face.”
They continued walking and found an oasis in which they decided to swim. The one who received the slap almost drowned, but his friend saved him. When he came to, he wrote on the stone: “Today my best friend saved my life.”
The one who slapped him in the face and then saved his life asked him:
“When I offended you, you wrote in the sand, and now you write on the stone.” Why?
The friend replied:
“When someone offends us, we must write it in the sand so that the winds can erase it.” But when someone does something good, we must engrave it in stone so that no wind can erase it.
Learn to write grievances in the sand and engrave joys in stone.
V. Vysotsky: “Song about a friend” (If a friend suddenly turns up):
Caliph Omar, once, while walking outside his palace, accidentally came across a company of people who told him that they formed a close community and brotherhood.
How do you feel about each other's property? Does it happen that you spend property and money without the knowledge of the one who owns it? - asked the Caliph.
Each of us spends only our own. “We don’t know anything about each other’s gold and silver and don’t want to know,” people from this “commonwealth” answered him.
Caliph Omar thought about what he heard and then said:
Things are not going well for you, and your speeches testify to this. You will only be able to consider yourself close in heart when you use your friend’s gold and silver without any misunderstandings so that your worries and money are not separate, so that one of you does not have enormous wealth while the other is in need at the same time. in warm clothes.
All of you must be equal - both the rich and the poor, and so that one does not have more gold and silver, and another less. Then you will become a true brotherhood of people.Caesar had the only person and friend whom he trusted - his doctor. Moreover, if he was sick, he took medicine only when the doctor personally gave it to him.
One day, when Caesar was not feeling well, he received an anonymous note: “Fear your closest friend, your doctor. He wants to poison you! And after a while the doctor came and gave Caesar some medicine. He gave the note he had received to his friend and, while he was reading, drank the medicinal mixture to the last drop.
The friend froze in horror:
“Lord, how could you drink what I gave you after what you read?!”
Caesar replied:
“It’s better to die than to doubt your friend!”
A man and a dog were walking along a long, wild, tiring road.
He walked along, tired, and the dog was tired too.
Suddenly in front of him is an oasis! Openwork gates, behind the fence - a palace, music, flowers, the murmur of a stream...
What it is? - the traveler asked the gatekeeper.
This is heaven, you have already died and now you can enter and truly relax.
Is there water there?
As many as you like: clean fountains, cool pools, springs, wells...
Will they give you food?
Whatever you want.
But the dog is with me.
Dogs are not allowed. She will have to be left here. Don't even try to persuade me.
And the traveler passed by.
After some time, the road led him to a farm, at the gate of which the gatekeeper also sat.
“I’m thirsty,” the traveler asked.
Come in, there is a well in the yard.
What about my dog?
Near the well you will see a drinking bowl for her.
What about food?
I can buy you dinner.
What about the dog?
There will be a bone.
What kind of place is this?
It is a paradise.
But the gatekeeper at the rich gates of the oasis-palace said that heaven was there.
He's lying. It's hell there. Only those who do not abandon their friends reach heaven.
A musical parable about friendship:
You can reread parables an infinite number of times and constantly discover something new in them. Even if they are written in just a few lines.
parable about friendship
A wise man was asked: “How many types of friendship are there?” “Four,” he replied. - Friends are like food - you need them every day. Friends are like medicine - you look for them when you feel bad. There are friends like a disease - they themselves look for you. But there are friends like air - you can’t see them, but they are always with you.”
parable of the soul
One day, several people deliberately loudly condemned a wise man as he walked through their neighborhood. He heard everything, but answered them with a smile and wished him good health. Someone asked him:
You smiled and wished these people health, didn’t you really feel anger towards them?
To which the man replied:
When I go to the market, I can only spend what I have in my wallet. It’s the same when communicating with people: I can only spend what my soul is filled with.
parable: always start with yourselfOne married couple moved to a new house. In the morning, as soon as she woke up, the wife looked out the window and saw a neighbor hanging out her washed clothes to dry.
Look how dirty her laundry is,” she told her husband.
But he was reading the newspaper and did not pay any attention to it.
She probably has bad soap, or she doesn’t know how to do laundry at all. We should teach her.
And this happened every time: when the neighbor hung out the laundry, the wife was surprised at how dirty it was.
