Wisdom Quote by Vera Jane Cook — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“Where is the truth then? Where does truth exist, behind the lie, within the lie? Is truth that which we seek to know or that which we avoid knowing?”

“Life must be much more evident when one is always suffering.”

“I am well practiced in avoidance and indifference though the hollowness in my soul resents her absence; I wear the mask I must.”

“He had become like an old sweater, full of holes but never to be discarded, too many cold nights to find it in the back of a drawer and pull out.”

“I guess, if you ever had God figured out the universe would be split in thousands of pieces and it would disappear and we who have dreamed ourselves alive would all fade away in all those splintered parts. What I mean to say is, it isn't meant for us to know anything.”

“I should have seen his weaknesses and only given him a section of myself but I loved him to my core, no matter who he was. There were no hidden places in my heart that would not welcome him or any sacred ground inside my being that he could not walk upon.”

“Smartass Disciple: Master, what did you do to earn wisdom ?”

“The function of a nutrient is to become transmuted, not to leave unaltered traces.”

“What you see is what you see”

“That’s going to be your trouble — judgment about yourself.”

“Let the systems be efficient. Let us be kind.”

“Collaboration has no hierarchy. The Sun collaborates with soil to bring flowers on the earth.”