The sun exactly at noon is exactly [beginning to] go down. And a creature when he is born is exactly [beginning to] die.
Hu ShihThe knowledge that mankind needs is not the way or principle which has an absolute existence, but the particular truths for here and now and for particular individuals. Absolute truth is imaginary, abstract, vague, without evidence, and cannot be demonstrated.
Hu ShihLife and human society are the chief concern of Confucianism and, through it, the chief concern of the Chinese people.
Hu ShihThe Jesuits had learned that a Christian mission to China could never succeed if it were not in a position to show and convince the Chinese intelligentsia of the superiority of the European culture.
Hu ShihGrasp the opportunity with both hands to feel really very special as an Indian reading these quotes on the Indian Independence Day. A number of famous and reputed persons have thrown some light on the chapter of Indian Independence. India conquered and dominated China culturally for 20 centuries without ever having to send a single soldier across her border!"
Hu Shih