A boomerang returns back to the person who throws it. But first, while moving in a circle, it hits its target. So does gossip.

— Vera Nazarian

A choir is made up of many voices, including yours and mine. If one by one all go silent then all that will be left are the soloists. Don’t let a loud few determine the nature of the sound. It makes for poor harmony and diminishes the song.

— Vera Nazarian

A fine glass vase goes from treasure to trash, the moment it is broken. Fortunately, something else happens to you and me. Pick up your pieces. Then, help me gather mine.

— Vera Nazarian

A great ancient poet was blind. A great classical composer was deaf. Many of us are dumb. What have we to show for it?

— Vera Nazarian

All 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 world, which makes it nearly impossible to handle. It is such a great responsibility that it's best not to tell a story at all unless you know you can do it right. You must be very careful, or without knowing it you can change the world.

— Vera Nazarian

A long time ago people believed that the world is flat, and the moon is made of green cheese. Some still do, to this day. The man on the moon is looking down and laughing.

— Vera Nazarian

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

A tornado of thought is unleashed after each new insight. This in turn results in an earthquake of assumptions. These are natural disasters that re-shape the spirit.

— Vera Nazarian

A wise person is like a smoothly polished rock: it takes time to become either.

— Vera Nazarian

A 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