wit and wisdom stories

There was a famous sage called, Sadat, who lived high up in the Himalayan Mountains, far away from humanity. He chose a simple life and spent most of his time meditating. People from all over the globe came to meet him and ask for his advice. Once  a group of people approached sage Sadat with their problems, but they were unruly and fought amongst each other, because all of them wanted to speak first. Sage Sadat, a peaceful man, watched the commotion and finally said out loud, "Silence!" The people were awe-struck and immediately kept quiet. Then sage Sadat said, "Sit down in a circle on the ground and await my return!" He went into his little cottage and soon returned with some sheets of paper, pens, and a small  basket. He passed out the paper and pens, and placed the basket in the middle of the circle. Then he told the people to write down the one most important problem they were troubled by and put it in the basket. When everyone had finished, the sage sh...

Once there was a little pink Rosebud, and she lived down in a little dark house  under the ground. One day she was sitting there, all by herself, and it was very still. Suddenly, she heard a little  tap, tap, tap, at the door.    ``Who is that?'' she said.    ``It's the Rain, and I want to come in;'' said a soft, sad, little voice.    ``No, you can't come in,'' the little Rosebud said.    By and by she heard another little  tap, tap, tap on the window pane.    ``Who is there?'' she said.    The same soft little voice answered, ``It's the Rain, and I want to come in!''    ``No, you can't come in,'' said the little Rosebud.    Then it was very still for a long time. At last, there came a little rustling, whispering sound, all round the window:  rustle, whisper, whisper.    ``Who is there?'' said the little Rosebud.  ...

One of the most popular story was that of Edison relating to his inability to invent the electric bulb. Thomas Edison tried two thousand different materials in search of a filament for the light bulb. When none worked satisfactorily, his assistant complained, “All our work is in vain. We have learned nothing.” Edison replied very confidently, “Oh, we have come a long way and we have learned a lot. We know that there are two thousand elements which we cannot use to make a good light bulb.