Even those who accomplish great things and receive great recognition also have to endure harsh criticism. The Book of Poisonous Quotes by Colin Jarman records the following assessments: Tchaikovsky said of Handel, "Handel is only fourth rate. He is not even interesting." Anthony...

The Painted Lady is a butterfly that breeds on the edge of the Sahara, flies across the Mediterranean Sea, over the Alps and the Pyrenees, stopping only to lay eggs along the way. She then flies across the English Channel to Scotland and then north to the Orkney Islands where she...

When Queen Elizabeth was crowned they brought to her a sceptre. On the top of it was the star of Africa, the largest diamond in the world. Before that they brought to her a staff. On the top of that staff was a dove, a symbol of their prayer that the Holy Spirit would be her guide. But before...

It may look like a fortune to us, but to a beaver it is just building material. A few weeks ago the Associated Press circulated the story of the discovery of a beaver dam in Louisiana in which had been woven money from a stolen bag of currency. The bills, mixed in with sticks and brush, were sti

A teacher was trying to teach a group of college students how to deal with some "story problems" when she said, "If you had $23 in one pocket and $56 in the other pocket, what would you have?" One student said loudly, "I'd have somebody else's pants."

Everything Midas touched turned to gold. He thought it was a blessing. He found it to be a curse. His food turned to gold. His child turned to gold. When we give, we see the reverse of the Midas touch. God turns our gold into truth and comfort; into a voice proclaiming the good news; into a hand

When General Douglas MacArthur left the Philippines in the early part of World War II, he made a short speech: "I will return." Later on in the war, he came back to the Philippines in victory. Cameras recorded his wading ashore. He made another speech: "I have returned." The first speech would

Paul Boller recalls an anecdote in the life of Lincoln. When Abe was a lawyer, he was handling a court case in the courtroom of Judge David Davis. Davis held up an unusually long bill that had been drawn up by an attorney who had a reputation for slothfulness and drew attention to it. Lincoln co

Recently in a small city in the mid-South a metaphysician who calls herself SAGE appeared at a local church. She considers herself to be a spiritual healer, intuitive counselor and axiatonal therapist. News releases said she would focus on how to dwell in a state of bliss as "love is all there i

In the book Significa, the authors tell of two men who decided to see the world backwards. It was 1930 when James B. Hargis and Charles Creighton drove their Ford roadster backwards from New York City to Los Angeles and back. They locked the car into reverse so no one could accuse them of cheati