Parables & Proverbs

The short forms of sacred teaching — proverbs, parables, and the compressed moral wisdom that travels by memory from one generation to the next.

Wisdom small enough to carry

In this collection

• Proverbs
• Proverbios
• Ecclesiastes
• Eclesiastés
• Matthew
• Mateo
• Mark
• Marcos
• Luke
• Lucas
• John
• Juan
• The Quran
• Popol Vuh
• Tao Te Ching
• The Great Learning
• Thus Spake Zarathustra
• Divine Comedy
• Paradise Lost
• Father Sergius
• The Ramayan
• The Minor Canon
• Father Macclesfields Tale
• The Bishops Dilemma
• The Madman: His Parables and Poems
• The Heart of a Grand-father
• Father Meuron's Tale
• The Earth Gods
• Sand and Foam
• The Pursuit of Knowledge
• In Church
• The Garden Of The Prophet
• The Golden Key
• The Prayer
• Memory
• A Deep-Sworn Vow
• The Scholars
• The Dawn
• The Hawk
• The Collar-Bone of a Hare
• The Twins
• Ferishtah's Fancies

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