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Hu Shih quotes: After learning the language and culture of the Chinese people, these Jesuits began to establish contacts with the young intellectuals of the country.

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 quotes: Practically all the prominent leaders of thought in China today are openly agnostics and even atheists.

Practically all the prominent leaders of thought in China today are openly agnostics and even atheists.

Hu Shih quotes: The sun exactly at noon is exactly [beginning to] go down. And a creature when he is born is exactly [beginning to] die.

The sun exactly at noon is exactly [beginning to] go down. And a creature when he is born is exactly [beginning to] die.

Hu Shih quotes: The Chinese people, too, went through all kinds of vicissitudes in their religious development.

The Chinese people, too, went through all kinds of vicissitudes in their religious development.

Hu Shih quotes: And revolutions always mean the breakdown of old authority.

And revolutions always mean the breakdown of old authority.

Hu Shih quotes: Only when we realize that there is no eternal, unchanging truth or absolute truth can we arouse in ourselves a sense of intellectual responsibility.

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 quotes: Confucius was a humanist and an agnostic.

Confucius was a humanist and an agnostic.

Hu Shih quotes: Historically, there had been many periods of Chinese Renaissance.

Historically, there had been many periods of Chinese Renaissance.

Hu Shih quotes: But I wish to point out that it is entirely wrong to say that the Chinese are not religious.

But I wish to point out that it is entirely wrong to say that the Chinese are not religious.

Hu Shih quotes: India Conquered and dominated China culturally for 20 centuries without ever having to send a single soldier across her border.

India Conquered and dominated China culturally for 20 centuries without ever having to send a single soldier across her border.

Hu Shih quotes: The underlying sickness of human life is an unwillingness to look with open eyes at the condition of the world.

The underlying sickness of human life is an unwillingness to look with open eyes at the condition of the world.

Hu Shih quotes: Life and human society are the chief concern of Confucianism and, through it, the chief concern of the Chinese people.

Life and human society are the chief concern of Confucianism and, through it, the chief concern of the Chinese people.

Hu Shih quotes: In such diffused changes of culture two factors are necessary: contact and understanding.

In such diffused changes of culture two factors are necessary: contact and understanding.