Quote by Hu Shih
Life and human society are the chief concern of Confucianism and,

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

Category:
Beauty
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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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Truth
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Hu Shih
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Society
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I think top scientists need to be compensated at a different scale in society. Somebody with experience will tell you that true scientists are not motivated by money – they are motivated by the quest itself. That is true. But I think an additional recognition will not hurt. – Yuri Milner

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Society

The function of the press in society is to inform, but its role in society is to make money. – A. J. Liebling

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Society

What is the damnation of hell? To go with that society who have not obeyed His commands. – Joseph Smith, Jr.

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Society

Tremendous amounts of talent are lost to our society just because that talent wears a skirt. – Shirley Chisholm

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Society

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What the people want is very simple. They want an America as good as its promise. – Barbara Jordan

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I dont write for any group. I write to bring about a change in consciousness. – Jeanette Winterson

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