Fables. Parables, Anecdotes

Basic fundamental self help wisdom. There is no better place to look than through fables, parables and anecdotes that many of us are familiar with in our growing up years.

What are Fables?- Fables are short stories usually told with animal characters, fables are simple in expressions but convey a deeper meaning to life and they are relevant today as they were thousand of years ago.

What is an Anecdote? -Anecdotes are short tales narrating an interesting or amusing biographical incident. An anecdote is always based on real life, an incident involving actual persons, whether famous or not, in real places.

What are Parables?- Parables are brief, succinct story, in prose or verse, that illustrates a moral or religious lesson. It differs from a fable in that fables use animals, plants, inanimate objects, and forces of nature as characters, while parables generally feature human characters.

The spendthrift and the swallow

Fate is in your own hands 

The Tortoise and the Hare

Socrates Anecdotes