A sage is a former fool who has become tired of himself.A foolish sage is one who forgets this.Remember, or come full circle.
– Vera Nazarian
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- Maybe I am just an old fool with foolish thoughts, but those foolish thoughts allow this old fool to sleep quite comfortably at night. – SA Tawks
- Tired, tired with nothing, tired with everything, tired with the world’s weight he had never chosen to bear. – F Scott Fitzgerald
- There’s a difference between playing and playing games. The former is an act of joy, the latter -” an act. – Vera Nazarian
- Deception and self-deception are intimately intertwined. We fool ourselves in order to fool others, and we fool others in order to fool ourselves. – Clancy Martin
- A man learns to skate by staggering about and making a fool of himself. Indeed he progresses in all things by resolutely making a fool of himself. – George Bernard Shaw
- The only thing faster than the speed of thought is the speed of forgetfulness. Good thing we have other people to help us remember. – Vera Nazarian
- Whenever you go on a trip to visit foreign lands or distant places, remember that they are all someone’s home and backyard. – Vera Nazarian
- Life has been dark but full of light; sad, but full of joy; disappointing, but full of hope; needy but full of plenty, sick but full of health. – Reverend Ada Slaton Bonds
- I’m so tired of crying.I’m so tired of losing.I’m just so tired. – Jessica Brody
- I’m tired of pretending, tired of acting like everything’s okay, tired of not being with him-¦ – Terra Elan McVoy
- But I am tired of everyone being gone, and I am tired of everything that has tired me out for the last five years of my life. – Daisy Whitney
- Mercifully one forgets one’s love affairs as one forgets one’s dreams. – Iris Murdoch
- Science is a way of trying not to fool yourself. The principle is that you must not fool yourself, and you are the easiest person to fool. – Richard Feynman
- A fool can’t help but be a fool, but when others follow, he makes a fool of us all. – DaShanne Stokes
- A word is a word is another word more beautiful because of the former and the next and the circle and sun they create. – Meia Geddes
- With those who are kindthe sage is kindWith those who are not kindthe sage is also kindbecause the way of Tao is kindness – Lao Tzu
- God draws near to us in such a way as to draw us near to himself within the circle of his knowing of himself. – Thomas F Torrance
- One sin seldom mentioned is that of killing time. – Vera Nazarian
- Science is an organized pursuit of triviality.Art is a casual pursuit of significance.Let’s keep it in perspective. – Vera Nazarian
- Don’t be afraid of the dark. Shine! – Vera Nazarian
- Strange dreams are better than no dreams at all. – Vera Nazarian
- Freedom is not a license to act but a license to exercise free choices in any given situation. – Vera Nazarian
- Close your eyes and turn your face into the wind.Feel it sweep along your skin in an invisible ocean of exult – Vera Nazarian
- In the plains the grass grows tall, since there is no one to cut it. There is no one to water it either. – Vera Nazarian
- Sometimes, being true to yourself means changing your mind. Self changes, and you follow. – Vera Nazarian
- Q: Why do I love thee, O Night?A: Because you know I will never answer. – Vera Nazarian
- In the kingdom of glass everything is transparent, and there is no place to hide a dark heart. – Vera Nazarian
- The heartland lies where the heart longs to be. Sometimes it takes a lifetime to find the true place to plant it. – Vera Nazarian
- The weight of the world is a trifle, if we all put our two fingers under it and try to lift together. – Vera Nazarian
- Why does every road eventually narrow into a point at the horizon? Because that’s where the point lies. – Vera Nazarian
- There is only Love — and Stories. All else is but a shadow dream. – Vera Nazarian
- Withhold a smile only when the smile can hurt someone. Otherwise, let it bloom forth in a riot. – Vera Nazarian
- Thoughts are slippery fish in a cold shallow s – Vera Nazarian
- Sunrise paints the sky with pinks and the sunset with peaches. Cool to warm. So is the progression from childhood to old age. – Vera Nazarian
- The compass rose is nothing but a star with an infinite number of rays pointing in all directions.It is the one true and perfect symbol of the uni – Vera Nazarian
- Desire is like fog on a bathroom mirror — its presence incites you to wipe the mirror, and see yourself clearly again. – Vera Nazarian
- Back in Russia we were dirt-poor. Here in the West we are still poor but have risen above the dirt to tower alongside stalks of grass! – Vera Nazarian
- Sometimes, reaching out and taking someone’s hand is the beginning of a journey.At other times, it is allowing another to take yours. – Vera Nazarian
- People who are too optimistic seem annoying. This is an unfortunate misinterpretation of what an optimist real – Vera Nazarian
- I’ve just been bitten on the neck by a vampire… mosquito. Does that mean that when the night comes I will rise and be annoying? – Vera Nazarian