Philosophy Quote by Shashi Tharoor — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“Mankind is made of two kinds of people: wise people who know they're fools, and fools who think they are wise.”

“As soon as a religion comes to dominate it has as its opponents all those who would have been its first disciples.”

“An intellectual? Yes. And never deny it. An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself. I like this, because I am happy to be both halves, the watcher and the watched. "Can they be brought together?" This is a practical question. We must get down to it. "I despise intelligence" really means: "I cannot bear my doubts.”

“Despite the heart numbing frost, my soul is blooming like spring.”

“Usually when people talk about the trickle-down theory, it has to do with economics. The richer people at the top of a society become, supposedly, the more wealth there is to trickle down to the people below. It never really works out that way, of course, because if there are 2 things people at the top can't stand, they have to be leakage and overflow.”