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We’ll make some jokes so that we can survive. […] There was a person, an American, well, a tourist perhaps, went to Russia for sightseeing on holiday. So it happened that he conversed with a Russian citizen just at random at the holiday place in Moscow. So the American tried to kind of impress the Russian with all the good things about America. And he said, “Above all, freedom. Freedom is our most cherished goal in America. Every American citizen, doesn’t matter how high, how low his position, how much his income, he can freely criticize the American government. No problem, anytime.” So the Russian said, “Well, no big deal. Here, we also have the same freedom. Every citizen in Russia can freely criticize the American government anytime.” That’s very good! You got it?
One of the boys went home and the mother asked, “Did your teacher ask you anything today? Did you learn a lot?” He said, “Oh yes, I learned a lot.” “And did your teacher say anything special?” And the boy said, “No. But she asked how many more are children like myself at home.” And so the mother said, “And what did you say?” […] So the boy said, “No.” And the mother asked the boy, “And what did your teacher say then?” And the boy said, “The teacher put her palms together, looked up at the sky and said, “Thank You, Supreme Master Ching Hai.” It means one is enough for her. Must be a terrible kid.
