On every parable you ride to every truth.

“The naked man had lost hope now; he would never be able to return to the earth's surface;he would never leave the bottom of…

— Italo Calvino

“A young man was sitting at home when a terrible rainstorm began. Within hours, the man’s house began to flood, and someone came to…

— J.D. Vance

In church I feel very close to the publican of the parable.

— Giulio Andreotti

The end of a melody is not its goal; but nonetheless, if the melody had not reached its end it would not have reached…

— Anonymous

“Silk is a fine, delicate, soft, illuminating, beautiful substance. But you can never rip it! If a man takes this tender silk and attempts…

— C. JoyBell C

Every happening, great and small, is a parable whereby God speaks to us, and the art of life is to get the message.

— Malcolm Muggeridge

“We've also evolved the ability to simply 'pay it forward': I help you, somebody else will help me. I remember hearing a parable when…

— Greg Epstein

“IT WOULD BE tempting to read the story of Fordlandia and Belterra as a parable of arrogance,”

— Greg Grandin

I make a distinction between true and real. I think that the story is true, it’s just not real. That’s what a parable is.…

— William P. Young

Christ, in the parable of the vine dressers, has taught us a sublime lesson of justice, by showing that to the things which are…

— James F. Cooper

“All things transient are but a parable.”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

It's the difference between a parable and a pamphlet. A parable discusses things that are relevant in the past, the future, and the present…

— Guillermo del Toro

“Where are you going?” “My God, you’re like the plague.” “A masterfully crafted, powerfully understated, and epic parable of timeless moral resonance? Why, thank…

— Michelle Hodkin

“Leopards break into the temple and drink to the dregs what is in the sacrificial pitchers; this is repeated over and over again; finally…

— Franz Kafka

“A parable is a story taken from real life (or a real-life situation) from which a moral or spiritual truth is drawn. Examples are…

— James Montgomery Boice