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Line at the Bank
Stuck in a long line of people waiting for a bank teller, one guy suddenly started massaging the shoulders of the person in front of him. Surprised, the man in front turned and snarled, "Just what the hell do you think you're doing?" "I'm a massage ...
Humor
A Prayer for Leadership
Psalm 5:8-9 8 O Lord, lead me in what is right and good, because of the ones who hate me. Make Your way straight in front of me. 9 For in their talk there is no truth. Their hearts destroy. Their mouths are like an open grave. With their tongues, they ...
Bible
Generations of Study
I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. -- John Adams
Philosophy
Tapering Off
George went to the doctor because he always seemed to be exhausted, but he wasn't too happy with his doctor's recommendation. "You want me to give up sex completely?" George cried. "I'm still in the prime of my life. How do you expect me to give up sex ...
Humor
Coming of the Flood
Genesis 7:17-19 17 For forty days the flood kept coming on the earth, and as the waters increased they lifted the ark high above the earth. 18 The waters rose and increased greatly on the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the water. 19 ...
Bible
Educational Content
The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next. -- Abraham Lincoln
Philosophy
The Honeymooners
A new bride was embarrassed to be known as a honeymooner because of what people would assume about what she and her new husband were up to in their room. So when they pulled up to the hotel, she asked him if there was any way that they could make it appear ...
Humor
Trust in God and Acknowledge Him
Proverbs 3:5-6 5 Lean on, trust in, and be confident in the Lord with all your heart and mind and do not rely on your own insight or understanding. 6 In all your ways know, recognize, and acknowledge Him, and He will direct and make straight and plain ...
Bible
Religion of Kindness
This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness. -- Dalai Lama
Philosophy
Commie Informant
At the height of the Cold War, an East German man hoping to be rewarded for his loyalty contacted the secret police to inform on some acquaintances. "I think my neighbors have suspicious contact with the West," the snitch said. Stasi agent: "How can ...
Humor
Noah's Ark Sails
Genesis 7:13-16 13 On that very day Noah and his sons, Shem, Ham and Japheth, together with his wife and the wives of his three sons, entered the ark. 14 They had with them every wild animal according to its kind, all livestock according to their kinds, ...
Bible
Passing On Knowledge
Aptitude found in the understanding and is often inherited. Genius coming from reason and imagination, rarely. -- Marcus Aurelius
Philosophy
Pasta Postcard
One day a doctor's wife called him at the office and said, "Dear, you received a very strange postcard from Italy and I don't understand what it means." "Read it to me," the busy physician said. So the wife read the card: "4 orders of spaghetti, 2 with ...
Humor
A Prayer for Help
Prayer for Help 5 Hear my words, O Lord. Think about my crying. 2 Listen to my cry for help, my King and my God. For I pray to you. 3 In the morning, O Lord, You will hear my voice. In the morning I will lay my prayers before You and will look up. 4 ...
Bible
Who Rules You?
To find out who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize. -- Voltaire
Philosophy
Knock Knock Lettuce
"Knock knock!" "Who's there?" "Lettuce." "Lettuce who?" "Lettuce in and you'll find out!"
Humor
Wisdom Bestows Well-Being
Proverbs 3:1-4 1 My son, do not forget my teaching, but keep my commands in your heart, 2 for they will prolong your life many years and bring you peace and prosperity. 3 Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them ...
Bible
Defending One's Rights
Each of us has a natural right — from God — to defend his person, his liberty, and his property. These are the three basic requirements of life, and the preservation of any one of them is completely dependent upon the preservation of the other two. -- Frederic ...
Philosophy
Helicopter Rescue
A helicopter rescued eleven people after their yacht capsized. 10 men and a woman were hanging on a rope under the chopper when they realized that the engine was not strong enough to carry them all. They decided that one has to drop off before they all ...
Humor
Noah and the Flood
Genesis 7 6 Noah was six hundred years old when the floodwaters came on the earth. 7 And Noah and his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives entered the ark to escape the waters of the flood. 8 Pairs of clean and unclean animals, of birds and of all creatures ...
Bible
Origins of Women's Rights
The anti-suffragist talk of sheltering women from the fierce storms of life is a lot of cant. I have no patience with it. These storms beat on woman just as fiercely as they do on man, and she is not trained to defend herself against them. -- Susan B. Anthony ...
Philosophy
Spanish Food
After watching an exciting bull fight, an American visiting Spain goes into a restaurant for dinner. While he waits for his meal, a waiter walks by with a steaming plate of food. Stopping him, the American asks what it is. The waiter replies, "Bull testicles, ...
Humor
The Story of Noah
Genesis 6:9,12-14,17-19,21-22 9 This is the account of Noah and his family. Noah was a righteous man, the only blameless person living on earth at the time, and he walked in close fellowship with God. 12 God observed all of the corruption in the world, ...
Bible
On Re-living Your Life
"What, if some day or night a demon were to steal after you into your loneliest loneliness and say to you: 'This life as you now live it and have lived it, you will have to live once more and innumerable times more' ... Would you not throw yourself down and ...
Philosophy
Communist Potatoes
Let your mind drift back into the history books of the 1950s: Russian farm worker: Comrade Stalin, we have so many potatoes that, piled one on top of the other, they would reach all the way to Heaven! Stalin: But God does not exist; therefore, Heaven ...
Humor