The best Quotes by Hu Shih

The best Quotes by Hu Shih

Hu Shih (17 December 1891 – 24 February 1962), also known as Hu Suh in early references, was a Chinese diplomat, essayist and fiction writer, literary scholar, philosopher, and politician.

And revolutions always mean the breakdown of old authority.
The rise of the dramas in the thirteenth century, and the rise of the great novels in a later period, together with their frank glorification of love and the joys of life, may be called the Third Renaissance.
India Conquered and dominated China culturally for 20 centuries without ever having to send a single soldier across her border.
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.
Within my own life, I read all the beloved novels by lamps of vegetable oil; I saw the Standard Oil invading my own village, I saw gas lamps in the Chinese shops in Shanghai; and I saw their elimination by electric lights.

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Have you any idea how much tyrants fear the people they oppress? All of them realize that, one day, amongst their many victims, there is sure to be one who rises against them and strikes back!
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If citizens followed their leaders' example throughout history, the human race would have died out centuries ago.
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Until they became conscious they will never rebel, and until after they have rebelled they cannot become conscious.
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The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
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To overthrow oppression has been sanctioned by humanity and is the highest aspiration of every free man.
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Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.
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Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
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You can destroy wood and brick, but you can't destroy a movement.
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The revolutions of the Arab Spring happened because people realized they were the power.
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When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful.
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Revolutions are the locomotives of history.
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Workers of the world unite; you have nothing to lose but your chains.
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There is no week nor day nor hour when tyranny may not enter upon this country, if the people lose their roughness and spirit of defiance.
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Bullets change governments far surer than votes.
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The people's rage. It is like an illness, an ulcer. And ulcers must be cauterized.
Princess Sophia in The Empress - Season 1 Episode 1
I would rather be a rebel than a slave.
You have to make some noise if you want to be heard.
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Revolutions are the produce of passion, not of sober and tranquil reason.
Let us remember that revolutions do not always establish freedom.
A rebellion is not a revolution. It may ultimately lead to that end.
The revolution is not an apple that falls when it is ripe. You have to make it fall!
There is no power above people power.
When you become part of something, in some way you count. It could be a march; it could be a rally, even a brief one. You're part of something, and you suddenly realize you count. To count is very important.
Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.
No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.
Blind faith in your leaders, or in anything, will get you killed.
All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.
A revolution is a struggle to the death between the future and the past.
Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.
There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.
One candidate is too old and mentally unfit to be president. The other one is me.
Joe Biden - März 2024
What do you call an Asian Dwayne Johnson?
The Wok.
I'm paranoid. On my stationary bike, I have a rear view mirror.
When you're in love it's the most glorious two and a half days of your life.
I quit therapy because my analyst was trying to help me behind my back.
I tried phone sex - it gave me an ear infection.
During sex I fantasize that I'm someone else.
I like to read biographies of authors that I love, like Richard Yates. I also like to see what non-fiction authors are out there. My bible is Something Happened. It's one of the greatest books I've ever read. But if I don't read a Dostoevsky soon I'm going to kill myself.
For 45 years I've worked without an audience.
I love being famous. It validates that I have something to say.
My parents were my worst audience.
I think a night like tonight shows a lot of young girls and young boys that if you can shoot you can shoot. It doesn't matter if you're a girl or a boy, I think it just matters the heart that you have and wanting to be the best that you can be.
Sabrina Ionescu - February 2024
I'm looking to do everything that I possibly can to get better in every aspect, whether that's scoring, defending, rebounding, passing, i'm really just excited to be playing against professionals and learning from them and just seeing where that takes me.
Sky is the limit for her and what she can do on the court, in terms of her impact in the game but also the court as well... It's been fun to watch her journey.
Stephen Curry - February 2024
I grew up watching Kobe Bryant game after game, ring after ring, living his greatness without apology.
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