Chinese Quote by Hu Shih Download Open image “But I wish to point out that it is entirely wrong to say that the Chinese are not religious.” — Hu Shih ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.9 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Chinese Religious Wish
It is true that the Chinese are not so religious as the Hindus, or even as the Japanese; and they are certainly not so… — Hu Shih Copy Share Image
No student of Chinese history can say that the Chinese are incapable of religious experience, even when judged by the standards of medieval Europe… — Hu Shih Copy Share Image
Officially an atheist country, China technically recognizes five religions: Buddhism, Taoism, Islam, Catholicism and Protestantism. But while China seemingly 'promotes' freedom of religion, nothing… — Michael Waltz Copy Share Image
Chinese culture in general is not very religious. Confucianism is more a code of ethics than a religion, and ancestor worship is a way… — David Henry Hwang Copy Share Image
Practically all the prominent leaders of thought in China today are openly agnostics and even atheists. — Hu Shih Copy Share Image
“Faith is either something that informs one at all times or it isn’t anything at all, really. When the Chinese government tells its citizens… — Eric Metaxas Copy Share Image
When we discuss repression and authoritarianism in the world, we must look at religious minorities in China. They are victims of the ruthless communist… — Michael Waltz Copy Share Image
When the Chinese government tells its citizens that they can worship in a certain building on a certain day, but once they leave that… — Eric Metaxas Copy Share Image
The only part of Christian teachings which will be truly accepted by the Chinese people is Christ's injunction to be "harmless as doves" but… — Lin Yutang Copy Share Image
The Chinese people, too, went through all kinds of vicissitudes in their religious development. — Hu Shih Copy Share Image
“China produced no religious themes in the Western sense at all. The Chinese never generated a myth of cosmic creation.” — Henry Kissinger Copy Share Image
On July 26, 1916, I announced to all my friends in America that from now on I resolved to write no more poems in… — Hu Shih Copy Share Image
It is only through contact and comparison that the relative value or worthlessness of the various cultural elements can be clearly and critically seen… — Hu Shih Copy Share Image
Life and human society are the chief concern of Confucianism and, through it, the chief concern of the Chinese people. — Hu Shih Copy Share Image
Only when we realize that there is no eternal, unchanging truth or absolute truth can we arouse in ourselves a sense of intellectual responsibility. — Hu Shih Copy Share Image
In the year 1915 a series of trivial incidents led some Chinese students in Cornell University to take up the question of reforming the… — Hu Shih Copy Share Image
The knowledge that mankind needs is not the way or principle which has an absolute existence, but the particular truths for here and now… — Hu Shih Copy Share Image
The most outstanding characteristic of Eastern civilization is to know contentment, whereas that of Western civilization is not to know contentment. Contented Easterners are… — Hu Shih Copy Share Image
After learning the language and culture of the Chinese people, these Jesuits began to establish contacts with the young intellectuals of the country. — Hu Shih Copy Share Image
Practically all the prominent leaders of thought in China today are openly agnostics and even atheists. — Hu Shih Copy Share Image
In such diffused changes of culture two factors are necessary: contact and understanding. — Hu Shih Copy Share Image
A home is not a museum. It doesn't have to be furnished with Picasso paintings, or Sheraton suites, or Oriental rugs, or Chinese pottery.… — James M. Cain Copy Share Image
If China someday gains a more fair, just, and accountable system of government, it will be due to the hard work and efforts of… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
My grandparents were far more English in their manners than they were Chinese. For example, we spoke English at home, had afternoon tea every… — Kevin Kwan Copy Share Image
We can see nothing whatever of the soul unless it is visible in the expression of the countenance; one might call the faces at… — Georg C. Lichtenberg Copy Share Image
Remember, sex is like a Chinese dinner. It ain't over 'til you both get your cookie. — Alec Baldwin Copy Share Image
The remarkable thing about the Chinese is that they've operated differently than the Russians, the Iranians, and the North Koreans. By and large, they… — David E. Sanger Copy Share Image
He sank into the rocking chair, the same one in which Rebecca had sat during the early days of the house to give embroidery… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez Copy Share Image
The Pink Panther wasn't shown to the press for reasons that soon became apparent when I saw it at a public performance. Two people… — Philip French Copy Share Image
The Chinese describe themselves as political refugees. Many base that claim on China's strict population laws, which allow them to have only one child.… — Ed Koch Copy Share Image