"A philosopher is a lover of wisdom, not of knowledge, which for all its great uses ultimately suffers from the crippling effect of ephemerality. All knowledge is transient, linked to the world around it and subject to change as the world changes, whereas wisdom, true wisdom is eternal, immutable. To be philosophical one must love wisdom for its own sake, accept its permanent validity and yet its perpetual irrelevance. It is the fate of the wise to understand the process of history and yet never to shape it."

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Source : "The Great Indian Novel". Book by Shashi Tharoor, August 24, 1989.

Shashi Tharoor

#Wise Quotes #Philosophical Quotes #Fate Quotes

“What the result means is that the Franco-German axis is in serious trouble. It's the end of a phase which began in 2002.”
“Sometimes he thinks that if he could only trace the path of his life carefully enough, everything would become clear. The ways that he screwed up would make sense. He closes his eyes tightly. His life wasn't always a mistake, he thinks, and he breathes uncertainly for awhile, trying to find a pathway into unconsciousness, into sleep.”
“I have tasted a thrill in fellowship with God which has made anything discordant with God disgusting.”

Source : Frank Laubach (2012). “Letters by a Modern Mystic: Excerpts from letters written to his father by Frank C. Laubach”, p.14, SPCK
“We are far more concerned about the desecration of the flag than we are about the desecration of our land.”
“One of the first duties of the physician is to educate the masses not to take medicine.”

Source : In Aphorisms from his Bedside Teachings (1961) p. 105
“My pet peeve is hearing a knock on the bathroom door followed by the familiar words, 'What are you doing in there?”
“I have enjoyed all the artists I've worked with.”
“If a man lives to any considerable age, it can not be denied that he laments his imprudences, but I notice he often laments his youth a deal more bitterly and with a more genuine intonation.”

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