Vera NazarianImagine a delicious glass of summer iced tea. Take a long cool sip. Listen to the ice crackle and clink. Is the glass part full or part empty? Take another sip. And now?371Reading
Vera NazarianSunrise paints the sky with pinks and the sunset with peaches. Cool to warm. So is the progression from childhood to old age.371Sadness
Vera NazarianNot every puzzle is intended to be solved. Some are in place to test your limits. Others are, in fact, not puzzles at all.361Truth
Vera NazarianIt is interesting that we call something good a “dream,” but being called a “dreamer” is somewhat of a putdown. Without dreamers, no dream would ever be given reality, and we woul… ▶341TimeTruth
Vera NazarianLuck is not as random as you think. Before that lottery ticket won the jackpot, someone had to buy it.353Thought
Vera NazarianUse this day to do something daring, extraordinary and unlike yourself. Take a chance and shape a different pattern in your personal cloud of probability!365Thought
Vera NazarianQ: Why do I love thee, O Night? A: Because you know I will never answer.354Love
Vera NazarianHave you ever seen the dawn? Not a dawn groggy with lack of sleep or hectic with mindless obligations and you about to rush off on an early adventure or business, but full of deep… ▶343ThoughtTime
Vera NazarianSUN, MOON, AND STARRY SKY Early summer evenings, when the first stars come out, the warm glow of sunset still stains the rim of the western sky. Sometimes, the moon is also visibl… ▶333ThoughtTime
Vera NazarianCreativity is not so much a boundless well, but an all-you-can-eat buffet of elements for your creative endeavor. Eventually you've eaten your fill, and it's time to digest and th… ▶344Time
Vera NazarianOnce upon a time there were two countries, at war with each other. In order to make peace after many years of conflict, they decided to build a bridge across the ocean. But becaus… ▶333Time
Vera NazarianJustice based purely on laws is about as accurate as a portrait created out of large low-resolution color pixels. If you stand back far enough it looks good. Come any closer and t… ▶366PoliticsTruth
Vera NazarianListen to the trees as they sway in the wind. Their leaves are telling secrets. Their bark sings songs of olden days as it grows around the trunks. And their roots give names to a… ▶344Humanity
Vera NazarianWhen you reach for the stars, you are reaching for the farthest thing out there. When you reach deep into yourself, it is the same thing, but in the opposite direction. If you rea… ▶377PhilosophyReading
Vera NazarianAll stories have a curious and even dangerous power. They are manifestations of truth -- yours and mine. And truth is all at once the most wonderful yet terrifying thing in the wo… ▶367PoliticsTruth
Vera NazarianWithhold a smile only when the smile can hurt someone. Otherwise, let it bloom forth in a riot.301Hope
Vera NazarianFreedom is not a license to act but a license to exercise free choices in any given situation.345Time
Vera NazarianDon't let a loud few determine the nature of the sound. It makes for poor harmony and diminishes the song.324Humanity
Vera NazarianLove is made up of three unconditional properties in equal measure: 1. Acceptance 2. Understanding 3. Appreciation Remove any one of the three and the triangle falls apart. Which,… ▶313LoveThought
Vera NazarianThe heartland lies where the heart longs to be. Sometimes it takes a lifetime to find the true place to plant it.291LifeLoveTime
Vera NazarianA great ancient poet was blind. A great classical composer was deaf. Many of us are dumb. What have we to show for it?379Humor
Vera NazarianEach letter of the alphabet is a steadfast loyal soldier in a great army of words, sentences, paragraphs, and stories. One letter falls, and the entire language falters.292Death
Vera NazarianThe weight of the world is a trifle, if we all put our two fingers under it and try to lift together.314Reading
Vera NazarianUnlike a fountain that circulates the same water in an enclosed, perpetually recycling system, a human being circulates thoughts in an unlimited reservoir of self. Don't limit you… ▶3710HumanityThought
Vera NazarianI tell the story to you now, but in each telling the story itself changes a little, changes direction, and that in turn changes you and me. So be very careful not only in how you … ▶293Time
Vera NazarianWorry is the secret weapon perpetrated upon us by the dark forces of the world that lurk in the shape of fear, uncertainty, confusion, and loss. We, on the other hand, have our ow… ▶359Humor
Vera NazarianWhat is it about wearing a tuxedo or that little black dress, that makes us feel confident, beautiful, splendid, even invincible? We put on formal wear and suddenly we become extr… ▶3610Philosophy
Vera NazarianAn optimist is neither naive, nor blind to the facts, nor in denial of grim reality. An optimist believes in the optimal usage of all options available, no matter how limited. As … ▶261Truth
Vera NazarianThe sand in the hourglass runs from one compartment to the other, marking the passage of moments with something constant and tangible.If you watch the flowing sand, you might see … ▶349HumorTime
Vera NazarianI'll tell you a secret. Old storytellers never die. They disappear into their own story.3510Death
