01UndatedWhenever you read a good book, somewhere in the world a door opens to allow in more light.Vera Nazarian / quote ↗
02UndatedToday is an ephemeral ghost...A strange amazing day that comes only once every four years. For the rest of the time it does not "exist."In mundane terms, it marks a "leap" in time, when the calendar is adjusted to make up for extra seconds accumulated over the preceding three years due to the rotation of the earth. A day of temporal tune up!But this day holds another secret—it contains one of those truly rare moments of delightful transience and light uncertainty that only exist on the razor edge of things, along a buzzing plane of quantum probability...A day of unlocked potential.Will you or won't you? Should you or shouldn'tVera Nazarian / quote ↗
04UndatedThe 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 time itself riding the granules.Contrary to popular opinion, time is not an old white-haired man, but a laughing child.And time sings.Vera Nazarian / quote ↗
05UndatedScience is an organized pursuit of triviality.Art is a casual pursuit of significance.Let's keep it in perspective.Vera Nazarian / quote ↗
07UndatedFriends are a strange, volatile, contradictory, yet sticky phenomenon. They are made, crafted, shaped, molded, created by focused effort and intent. And yet, true friendship, once recognized, in its essence is effortless.Best friends are formed by time.Everyone is someone's friend, even when they think they are allVera Nazarian / quote ↗
08UndatedWas it you or I who stumbled first? It does not matter. The one of us who finds the strength to get up first, must help the other.Vera Nazarian / quote ↗
09UndatedNeither sugar nor salt tastes particularly good by itself. Each is at its best when used to season other things. Love is the same way. Use it to "season" people.Vera Nazarian / quote ↗
10UndatedOn the late afternoon streets, everyone hurries along, going about their own business.Who is the person walking in front of you on the rain-drenched sidewalk?He is covered with an umbrella, and all you can see is a dark coat and the shoes striking the puddles.And yet this person is the hero of his own life story.He is the love of someone’s life.And what he can do may change theVera Nazarian / quote ↗
11UndatedOnce 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 because they never learned each other’s language properly, they could never agree on the details, so the two halves of the bridge they started to build never met.To this day the bridge extends far into the ocean from both sides, and simply ends half way, miles in the wrong direction from the meeting point.And the two countries are still at war.Vera Nazarian / quote ↗
12UndatedWhen you wake up from a dream you have only a few precious moments before the details of the dream begin to dissipate and the memory fades.Not all dreams are significant or worth remembering.But the ones that are . . . happen again.So, wait for the dream to return. And never be afraid. Instead, consider it an opportunity to learn something profound and possibly wondrous about yourself.Vera Nazarian / quote ↗
13UndatedHere's a funny question:What is your favorite word?Think about it—maybe it's a word that makes you absolutely happy, or a word that sounds gloriously beautiful, or a word that evokes awe and wonder. Maybe you are reminded of a great time when you hear it, or maybe it represents your life's dream.So, what is it? What is your favorite word of all words?Thought about it yetVera Nazarian / quote ↗
14UndatedThe world is shaped by two things — stories told and the memories they leave behind.Vera Nazarian / quote ↗
16UndatedFreedom is not a license to act but a license to exercise free choices in any given situation.Vera Nazarian / quote ↗
17UndatedClose your eyes and turn your face into the wind.Feel it sweep along your skin in an invisible ocean of exultVera Nazarian / quote ↗
18UndatedIn the plains the grass grows tall, since there is no one to cut it. There is no one to water it either.Vera Nazarian / quote ↗
19UndatedRelief is a great feeling.It’s the emotional and physical reward we receive from our bodies upon alleviation of pain, pressure and struggle. A time to bask in the lack of the negVera Nazarian / quote ↗
20UndatedSome women seem so voluptuous in every sense, richly bountiful and fertile with generous gifts of plenty, sensual and confident in their female strength that they are called "earth motVera Nazarian / quote ↗
21UndatedA woman is human.She is not better, wiser, stronger, more intelligent, more creative, or more responsible than a man.Likewise, she is never less.Equality is a given.A woman is human.Vera Nazarian / quote ↗
22UndatedSometimes, being true to yourself means changing your mind. Self changes, and you follow.Vera Nazarian / quote ↗
23UndatedWe are all glorified motion sensors.Some things only become visible to us when they undergo change.We take for granted all the constant, fixed things, and eventually stop paying any attention to them. At the same time we observe and obsess over small, fast-moving, ephemeral things of little value.The trick to rediscovering constants is to stop and focus on the greater panorama around us. While everything else flits abut, the important things remain in place.Their stillness appears as reverse motion to our perspective, as relativity resets our motion sensors. It reboots us, allowing us once again to perceive.And now that we do see, suddenly we realize that those still things are not so motionless after all. They are simply gliding with slow individualistic grace against the backdrop of the immense universe.And it takes a more sensitive motion instrument to track this.Vera Nazarian / quote ↗
24UndatedWhy is wisdom so fair? Why is beauty so wise?Because all else is temporary, while beauty and wisdom are the only real and constant aspects of truth that can be perceived by human means.And I don't mean the kind of surface beauty that fades with age, or the sort of shallow wisdom that gets lost in platiVera Nazarian / quote ↗
