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"A young widower, who loved his five year old son very much, was away on business when bandits came who burned down the whole village and took his son away.   When the man returned, he saw the ruins and panicked. The took the burnt corpse of an infant to be his son and cried uncontrollably. He organised a cremation ceremony, collected the ashes and put them in a beautiful little bag which he always kept with him.   Soon afterwards, his real son escaped from the bandits and foun ... d his way home. He arrived at his father's new cottage at midnight and knocked at the door. The father, still grieving asked: "Who is it?" The child answered, it is me papa, open the door!" But in his agitated state of mind, convinced his son was dead, the father thought that some young boy was making fun of him. He shouted: "Go away" and continued to cry. After some time, the child left.   Father and son never saw each other again.   After this story,

A son took his old father to a restaurant for an evening dinner.   Father being very old and weak, while eating, dropped food on his shirt and trousers. Others ... diners watched him in disgust while his son was calm.   After he finished eating, his son who was not at all embarrassed, quietly took him to the wash room, wiped the food particles, removed the stains, combed his hair and fitted his spectacles firmly.   When they came out, the entire restaurant was watching them in dead silence, not able to grasp how someone could embarrass themselves publicly like that.   The son settled the bill and started walking out with his father.   At that time, an old man amongst the diners called out to the son and asked him, "Don't you think you have left something behind?".   The son replied, "No sir, I haven't".   The old man retorted, "Yes, you have! You left a lesson for every son and hope for every father".   The

A great Japanese warrior named Nobunaga decided to attack the enemy although he had only one-tenth the number of men the opposition commanded. He knew that he would win, but his soldiers were in doubt.   On the way he stopped at a Shinto shrine and told his men: “After I visit the shrine I will toss a coin. If heads comes, we will win; if tails, we will lose. Destiny holds us in her hand.”   Nobunaga entered the shrine and offered a silent prayer. He came forth and tossed a coin. ... Heads appeared. His soldiers were so eager to fight that they won their battle easily.   “No one can change the hand of destiny,” his attendant told him after the battle.   “Indeed not,” said Nobunaga, showing a coin which had been doubled, with heads facing either way.   - Author Unknown -

In ancient Greece, Socrates was reputed to hold knowledge in high esteem. One day an acquaintance met the great philosopher and said, "Do you know what I just heard about your friend?"   "Hold on a minute," Socrates replied. "Before you talk to me about my friend, it might be good idea to take a moment and filter what you’re going to say. That’s why I call it the triple filter test. The first filter is Truth. Have you made absolutely sure that what you are about to tell me is t rue?"   "Well, no," the man said, "actually I just heard about it and…"   "All right," said Socrates. "So you don’t really know if it’s true or not. Now, let’s try the second filter, the filter of Goodness. Is what you are about to tell me about my friend something good?"   "Umm, no, on the contrary…"   "So," Socrates continued, "you want to tell me something bad about my friend, but you’re not certai