#sm

I've never seen anywhere in the world as beautiful as Kashmir. It has something to do with the fact that the valley is very small and the mountains are very big, so you have this miniature countryside surrounded by the Himalayas, and it's just spectacular. And it's true, the people are very beautiful too. ↗

— Salman Rushdie

#beautiful #big #countryside #fact #i

Rock and roll music - the music of freedom frightens people and unleashes all manner of conservative defense mechanisms. ↗

— Salman Rushdie

#defense #freedom #frightens #manner #mechanisms

When a man is wrapped up in himself, he makes a pretty small package. ↗

— John Ruskin

#makes #man #package #pretty #small

You might sooner get lightning out of incense smoke than true action or passion out of your modern English religion. ↗

— John Ruskin

#english #get #incense #lightning #might

Dogmatism and skepticism are both, in a sense, absolute philosophies; one is certain of knowing, the other of not knowing. What philosophy should dissipate is certainty, whether of knowledge or ignorance. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#both #certain #certainty #dissipate #dogmatism

Conventional people are roused to fury by departure from convention, largely because they regard such departure as a criticism of themselves. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#convention #conventional #criticism #departure #fury

The place of the father in the modern suburban family is a very small one, particularly if he plays golf. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#family #father #golf #modern #particularly

Much that passes as idealism is disguised hatred or disguised love of power. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#hatred #idealism #love #much #passes

Sometimes it's the smallest decisions that can change your life forever. ↗