--- title: "10 Ifs Quotes By Lu Xun" description: "10 Ifs quotes by Lu Xun. Plus more from Lu Xun and more Ifs sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/746/lu-xun-12813_assuming_true-we-must-dare-look-things-in-the-fac_1224968.jpg" --- > [True, we must dare look things in the face before we dare think, speak, act, or assume responsibility. If we dare not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lu-xun/true-we-must-dare-look-things-in-the-face-before-we-dare-think-speak/) [Lu Xun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lu-xun/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/746/lu-xun-12813_assuming_true-we-must-dare-look-things-in-the-fac_1224968.jpg) > [But if a few awake, you can't say there is no hope of destroying the iron house.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lu-xun/but-if-a-few-awake-you-can-t-say-there-is-no-hope-of-destroying-the/) [Lu Xun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lu-xun/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1fb/lu-xun-12813_awake_but-if-a-few-awake-you-can-t-say-there-i_2728524.jpg) > [If men refuse to be kindled, sparks can only burn themselves out, just as paper images and carriages burn out on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lu-xun/if-men-refuse-to-be-kindled-sparks-can-only-burn-themselves-out-just/) [Lu Xun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lu-xun/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/968/lu-xun-12813_burn-out_if-men-refuse-to-be-kindled-sparks-can-o_1897452.jpg) > [If there are still men who really want to live in this world, they should first dare to speak out, to laugh,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lu-xun/if-there-are-still-men-who-really-want-to-live-in-this-world-they/) [Lu Xun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lu-xun/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/643/lu-xun-12813_angry_if-there-are-still-men-who-really-want-t_2507979.jpg) > [The most painful thing in life is to wake up from a dream and find no way out. Dreamers are fortunate people.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lu-xun/the-most-painful-thing-in-life-is-to-wake-up-from-a-dream-and-find-no/) [Lu Xun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lu-xun/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/99f/lu-xun-12813_dream_the-most-painful-thing-in-life-is-to-wak_388789.jpg) > [Like students going to school, the planes on their bombing missions fly over Beijing each morning. And each time I hear their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lu-xun/like-students-going-to-school-the-planes-on-their-bombing-missions/) [Lu Xun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lu-xun/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a3c/lu-xun-12813_air_like-students-going-to-school-the-planes_934994.jpg) > [If we want to work out a policy for the present, we must examine the past and prepare for the future, discard…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lu-xun/if-we-want-to-work-out-a-policy-for-the-present-we-must-examine-the/) [Lu Xun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lu-xun/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f6/lu-xun-12813_ifs_if-we-want-to-work-out-a-policy-for-the_1601039.jpg) > [When you talk with famous scholars, the best thing is to pretend that occasionally you do not quite understand them. If you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lu-xun/when-you-talk-with-famous-scholars-the-best-thing-is-to-pretend-that/) [Lu Xun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lu-xun/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c9/lu-xun-12813_best-things_when-you-talk-with-famous-scholars-the-b_971429.jpg) > [I naturally believe there will be a future, but I do not waste my time imagining its radiant beauty. ... It seems…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lu-xun/i-naturally-believe-there-will-be-a-future-but-i-do-not-waste-my-time/) [Lu Xun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lu-xun/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/937/lu-xun-12813_beauty_i-naturally-believe-there-will-be-a-futu_2838133.jpg) > [Imagine an iron house without windows, absolutely indestructible, with many people fast asleep inside who will soon die of suffocation. But you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lu-xun/imagine-an-iron-house-without-windows-absolutely-indestructible-with/) [Lu Xun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lu-xun/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/501/lu-xun-12813_agony_imagine-an-iron-house-without-windows-ab_977376.jpg) ## Other authors on Ifs ## More by Lu Xun > [The ability to forget the past enables people to free themselves gradually from the pain they once suffered; but it also often makes them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lu-xun/the-ability-to-forget-the-past-enables-people-to-free-themselves/) [Lu Xun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lu-xun/) > [Hope is a path on the mountainside. At first there is no path. But then there are people passing that way. And there is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lu-xun/hope-is-a-path-on-the-mountainside-at-first-there-is-no-path-but-then/) [Lu Xun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lu-xun/) > [It is in the nature of things that some people should be unlucky enough to get their heads chopped off.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lu-xun/it-is-in-the-nature-of-things-that-some-people-should-be-unlucky/) [Lu Xun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lu-xun/) > [The most painful thing in life is to wake up from a dream and find no way out. Dreamers are fortunate people. If no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lu-xun/the-most-painful-thing-in-life-is-to-wake-up-from-a-dream-and-find-no/) [Lu Xun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lu-xun/) > [I entreat fresh visions from the painters. Be lavish with your vermilion to portray the mountains in the spring.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lu-xun/i-entreat-fresh-visions-from-the-painters-be-lavish-with-your/) [Lu Xun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lu-xun/) > [Though science has given us many marvels, it has also spoiled many of our pleasant dreams.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lu-xun/though-science-has-given-us-many-marvels-it-has-also-spoiled-many-of/) [Lu Xun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lu-xun/) > [Creation, even when it is a mere outpouring from the heart, wishes to find a public. By definition, creation is sociable. Yet it can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lu-xun/creation-even-when-it-is-a-mere-outpouring-from-the-heart-wishes-to/) [Lu Xun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lu-xun/) > [“With the weight of four thousand years of cannibalism bearing down upon me, even if I was once innocent how can I now face…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lu-xun/with-the-weight-of-four-thousand-years-of-cannibalism-bearing-down/) [Lu Xun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lu-xun/) > [True fighters dare face the sorrows of humanity, and look unflinchingly at bloodshed. What sorrow and joy are theirs! But the Creator's common device…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lu-xun/true-fighters-dare-face-the-sorrows-of-humanity-and-look/) [Lu Xun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lu-xun/) > [I could not blot out hope, for hope belongs to the future.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lu-xun/i-could-not-blot-out-hope-for-hope-belongs-to-the-future/) [Lu Xun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lu-xun/) > [Hope is like a path in the countryside. Originally, there is nothing - but as people walk this way again and again, a path…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lu-xun/hope-is-like-a-path-in-the-countryside-originally-there-is-nothing/) [Lu Xun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lu-xun/) > [Whoever thinks he is objective must already be half drunk.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lu-xun/whoever-thinks-he-is-objective-must-already-be-half-drunk/) [Lu Xun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lu-xun/) > [When a great man has become petrified, and everyone begins to proclaim his greatness, he has already turned into a puppet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lu-xun/when-a-great-man-has-become-petrified-and-everyone-begins-to-proclaim/) [Lu Xun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lu-xun/) > [Men who have not known the horror of death are not likely to be awed by it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lu-xun/men-who-have-not-known-the-horror-of-death-are-not-likely-to-be-awed/) [Lu Xun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lu-xun/) > [Like students going to school, the planes on their bombing missions fly over Beijing each morning. And each time I hear their engines attack…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lu-xun/like-students-going-to-school-the-planes-on-their-bombing-missions/) [Lu Xun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lu-xun/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ifs/lu-xun/#itemlist", "name": "10 Ifs Quotes By Lu Xun", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "True, we must dare look things in the face before we dare think, speak, act, or assume responsibility. 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