Philosophy Quote by Salman Rushdie — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“So India’s problem turns out to be the world’s problem. What happened in India has happened in God’s name.”

“He knew that his father had finally run hard enough and long enough to wear down the frontiers between the worlds, he had run clear out of his skin and into the arms of his wife, to whom he had proved, once and for all, the superiority of his love. Some migrants are happy to depart.”

“From the beginning men used God to justify the unjustifiable.”

“‎No people whose word for 'yesterday' is the same as their word for 'tomorrow' can be said to have a firm grip on the time.”

“How do you defeat terrorism? Don't be terrorized.”

“What kind of Christmas present would Jesus ask Santa for?”

“Do you mean that you think you can find out the answer to it?" said the March Hare.”

“No lake so still but it has its wave.”

“As individuals express their life, so they are.”

“As long as one believes in philosophy, one is healthy; sickness begins when one starts to think.”

“Today the most civilized countries of the world spend a maximum of their income on war and a minimum on education. The twenty-first century will reverse this order. It will be more glorious to fight against ignorance than to die on the field of battle. The discovery of a new scientific truth will be more important than the squabbles of diplomats. Even the newspapers of our own day are beginning to treat scientific discoveries and the creation of fresh philosophical concepts as news. The newspapers of the twenty-first century will give a mere 'stick' in the back pages to accounts of crime or political controversies, but will headline on the front pages the proclamation of a new scientific hypothesis.”

“We awaken by asking the right questions. We awaken when we see knowledge being spread that goes against our own personal experiences. We awaken when we see popular opinion being wrong but accepted as being right, and what is right being pushed as being wrong. We awaken by seeking answers in corners that are not popular. And we awaken by turning on the light inside when everything outside feels dark.”