I could not blot out hope, for hope belongs to the future. Lu Xun More Quotes by Lu Xun More Quotes From Lu Xun Though science has given us many marvels, it has also spoiled many of our pleasant dreams. Lu Xun spoiledexistentialdream Let those who hanker after the past return to the past! Let those who want to leave the world leave the world! Let those who want to ascend to heaven do so! Let those whose souls want to leave their bodies expire quickly! The earth today should be inhabited by man with a firm hold on the present, a firm hold on the earth. Lu Xun menheavenpast If we want to work out a policy for the present, we must examine the past and prepare for the future, discard the material and elevate the spirit, rely on the individual and exclude the mass. Lu Xun work-outwantpast Women have a mother-nature and a daughter-nature; there are no women with a wife-nature. The quality of wife is an acquired character; it is a combination of mother and daughter. Lu Xun marriagedaughtermother If men refuse to be kindled, sparks can only burn themselves out, just as paper images and carriages burn out on the street during funerals. Lu Xun funeralcausesmen When a great man has become petrified, and everyone begins to proclaim his greatness, he has already turned into a puppet. Lu Xun puppetsgreatnessmen Like students going to school, the planes on their bombing missions fly over Beijing each morning. And each time I hear their engines attack the air I feel a certain slight tension, as if I were witnessing the invasion of Death, though this heightens my consciousness of the existence of Life. Lu Xun airmorningschool Though love is instinctive, it cannot develop without a certain stimulus and use. Lu Xun existentialuselove-is
