{"author":"Vera Nazarian","author_id":"Vera+Nazarian","total_quotes":127,"quotes":[{"text":"Passion and courtesy are two polar opposite traits that serve to balance each other into a full-blooded whole.Without socialization, passion is a crude barbarian, and without passion, the elegant and polite are dead.Allow both passion and courtesy into your life in equal measure, and be complete.","author":"Vera Nazarian","tags":["barbarian","barbarism","civil","civilization","courtesy","manners","passion"],"id":144,"author_id":"Vera+Nazarian"},{"text":"I am happy.I have something to accomplish, create, and achieve.I am happy.","author":"Vera Nazarian","tags":["accomplish","achieve","create","goals","happiness","happy","meaning","purpose"],"id":4180,"author_id":"Vera+Nazarian"},{"text":"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.","author":"Vera Nazarian","tags":["aid","assistance","breaking","broken","broken-glass","commuity","esteem","glass","help","helping","helping-others","not-alone","pieces","recovery","self","self-esteem","self-help","shattered","shattered-glass","support","together","togetherness","trash","treasure","value","vase","worth"],"id":12493,"author_id":"Vera+Nazarian"},{"text":"A great ancient poet was blind. A great classical composer was deaf. Many of us are dumb. What have we to show for it?","author":"Vera Nazarian","tags":["abilities","ability","able","talent","talents"],"id":20192,"author_id":"Vera+Nazarian"},{"text":"In the desert, the only god is a well.","author":"Vera Nazarian","tags":["deity","desert","desolation","faith","fountain","god","need","oasis","religion","source","water","well","worship"],"id":29718,"author_id":"Vera+Nazarian"},{"text":"Why 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 platitudes. Is before you.True wisdom then steps in, to interpret, illuminate, and form a life-altering insight.","author":"Vera Nazarian","tags":["beautiful","beauty","constant","constants","eternal","eternity","fair","insight","timeless","timelessness","truth","wisdom","wise"],"id":33790,"author_id":"Vera+Nazarian"},{"text":"For, what is order without common sense, but Bedlam’s front parlor? What is imagination without common sense, but the aspiration to out-dandy Beau Brummell with nothing but a bit of faded muslin and a limp cravat? What is Creation without common sense, but a scandalous thing without form or function, like a matron with half a dozen unattached daughters?And God looked upon the Creation in all its delightful multiplicity, and saw that, all in all, it was quite Amiable.","author":"Vera Nazarian","tags":["amiable","aspiration","common-sense","creation","deity","divinity","evil","god","good","imagination","insanity","inspiration","multiplicity","order","sanity","scandal","scandalous","world"],"id":46357,"author_id":"Vera+Nazarian"},{"text":"Worry 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 own secret weapon against these incorporeal fiends.It is laughter.","author":"Vera Nazarian","tags":["laughter","secret","secret-weapon","weapon","worry"],"id":51459,"author_id":"Vera+Nazarian"},{"text":"Wisdom is nothing more than the marriage of intelligence and compassion.And, as with all good unions, it takes much experience and time to reach its widest potential.Have you introduced your intellect to your compassion yet? Be careful; lately, intellect has taken to eating in front of the TV and compassion has taken in too many cats.","author":"Vera Nazarian","tags":["blend","blending","compassion","compassionate","intelligence","intelligent","marriage","merciful","mercy","union","wisdom","wise"],"id":52573,"author_id":"Vera+Nazarian"},{"text":"Here'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 yet.","author":"Vera Nazarian","tags":["aspirations","dream","dreams","favorite","hope","personal","word"],"id":55989,"author_id":"Vera+Nazarian"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":127,"pages":13,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}