Awareness
Insults
The Buddha remained impassive. The man, fulminating, left the square. As he strode along the rice paddies, his anger subsided. […]
The chance
But the problem was to find out where the great sage lived, or to meet someone who had gone to […]
How much does a snowflake weigh?
And the chickadee told the dove: I was standing on a branch of a fir tree when it started to […]
The dog, the cat, the bird and the mouse
Heirs to a quarrelsome tradition, they made a point of honoring it. When they were children, before the catastrophe, they […]
The Unhappy King
The King lived alone, sitting on his throne in the shadows. He spent his days showering his people with screams […]
The six blind men and the elephant
The first approached the elephantAnd, as he slidAgainst its vast, robust flank,He exclaimed, “God bless me,An elephant is like a […]
Mirrors
Seeing other dogs, he sniffed them. As they sniffed him, he growled. As they growled, he threatened them. As they […]
The fable of the oak transformed by the fir tree
– Welcome!” he says, with a benevolent but not arrogant air. I’m the tree at the heart of the forest […]
Starfish
A man who had been watching him for some time asked: – What are you doing, Petit?– The stars, sir, […]
Criteria for being a developed country
A developed country is not a place where poor people have cars. It’s where the rich use public transport.