The Chinese People, Too, Went Through All

The Most Outstanding Characteristic Of Eastern Civilization Is To Know Contentment, Whereas That Of Western Civilization Is Not To Know Contentment. Contented Easterners Are Satisfied With Their Simple Life And Therefore Do Not Seek To Increase Their Material Enjoyment... They Are Satisfied With Their Present Lot And Environment And Therefore Do Not Want To Conquer Nature But Merely Be At Home With Nature And At Peace With Their Lot.

The Knowledge That Mankind Needs Is Not The Way Or Principle Which Has An Absolute Existence, But The Particular Truths For Here And Now And For Particular Individuals. Absolute Truth Is Imaginary, Abstract, Vague, Without Evidence, And Cannot Be Demonstrated.

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.

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.

Confucius Was A Humanist And An Agnostic.