Quote by Hu Shih
Another important historical factor is the fact that this already

Another important historical factor is the fact that this already very simple religion was further simplified and purified by the early philosophers of ancient China. Our first great philosopher was a founder of naturalism and our second great philosopher was an agnostic. – Hu Shih

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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

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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. – Hu Shih

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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

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I refuse to be labeled immoral merely because I am godless. – Peter Walker

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The Lords prayer contains the sum total of religion and morals. – Arthur Wellesley

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Who made these laws? Thats what I want to know. So thats why I wear two crosses now. I call it double cross. I believe in God-not religion. – Ja Rule

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What use is revelation or religion if it doesnt change anything? – Abu Bakar Bashir

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