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"On the basis of biological, sociological, and historical knowledge, we should recognize that the individual self is subject to death or decay, but the sum total of individual achievement, for better or worse, lives on in the immortality of The Larger."

Hu Shih on Death

More quotes about Death

  • "A man who won't die for something is not fit to live."

    Martin Luther King, Jr. on Death

  • "To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent."

    Buddha on Death

  • "The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears, for there's no risk of accident for someone who's dead."

    Albert Einstein on Death

  • "The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time."

    Mark Twain on Death

  • "Death is no more than passing from one room into another. But there's a difference for me, you know. Because in that other room I shall be able to see."

    Helen Keller on Death

More quotes by Hu Shih

  • "What is sacred among one people may be ridiculous in another and what is despised or rejected by one cultural group, may in a different environment become the cornerstone for a great edifice of strange grandeur and beauty."

  • "No student of Chinese history can say that the Chinese are incapable of religious experience, even when judged by the standards of medieval Europe or pious India."

  • "On the basis of biological, sociological, and historical knowledge, we should recognize that the individual self is subject to death or decay, but the sum total of individual achievement, for better or worse, lives on in the immortality of The Larger."

  • "After learning the language and culture of the Chinese people, these Jesuits began to establish contacts with the young intellectuals of the country."

  • "On July 26, 1916, I announced to all my friends in America that from now on I resolved to write no more poems in the classical language, and to begin my experiments in writing poetry in the so-called vulgar tongue of the people."



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